It is difficult to Solo Over Chord Changes, and especially if you are also playing a song with a lot of chord changes and a high tempo.
In this video I am going to discuss 4 things to keep in mind and how to practice so that you get better at improvising over chord changes. These are all important things that you need if you want to know how to solo over chord changes and play more difficult songs like Rhythm Changes, Giant Steps, Very Early etc.
Table Of Contents
0:00 Intro – Improvising over Fast Chord Changes
0:42 Splitting it up into smaller goals or topics
1:15 #1 – Technique
1:48 The Double Time Mistake
2:09 Practice Technique towards playing fast
3:02 #2 Know The Song Extremely Well
3:43 Checking if you do and working out the problems
3:56 #3 The Right Way To Practice
4:20 The right Tempo and the right type of playing
5:19 #4 Think Ahead
5:49 A Solid Method to work with this: Target Notes
6:21 Other Approaches to Train Thinking Ahead
7:09 Want to learn Giant Steps?
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