In this lesson you'll learn how to create a solo over the first 16 measures of My Romance.

In this lesson you'll learn how to improvise in 5 steps. These five steps make it easier for you to create a solo quickly without getting bogged down with too much music theory.

In this lesson you'll learn some more advanced improvisation techniques. We will use Cole Porter's "I Get A Kick Out of You" for improvisation. We will discuss the pentatonic scale, rootless chords, line creation using rhythm, scales and more.

Now that you’ve learned how to build a funk groove using just 2 chords and examined the role of each instrument in the rhythm section, it’s time to learn to solo over the funk groove! In this companion lesson to “Building a Funk Groove,” we will teach you 7 practice steps for gaining confidence, developing fluidity, and improving your soloing abilities using just one scale! These 7 steps can be applied to your practice in all genres of music.

Now that you've learned different scales, licks and arpeggios, it is time to learn how to bring all of this together to create better improvisational (solo) lines.

Learn how to vocalize rhythm and use different phrasing techniques to create a more interesting solo. We will also cover articulation in this lesson.

In this first lesson, you'll learn about rhythm in improvisation and how to create improvisation lines using proper fingering and dynamics. You'll also learn some improvisation exercises.

In this lesson you'll learn how to comp chords and improvise over a simple minor-key bassline. We will discuss how to create longer phrases and add rests to your improvisation.

In this follow up lesson, you’ll learn how to master the solo from Miles Davis’s So What using the dorian scale. Each chapter breaks it down into smaller pieces to help you understand the theory behind the solo.

One of the top requested concepts that students are interested in learning more about is improvisation. In this improvisation lesson we will focus on the standard "Have You Met Miss Jones."

If you are new to improvising over the blues, or you want to do more than “hunt and peck” using the Blues scale, this lesson is for you. We will cover over a half-dozen scales that you can use for improvisation and you’ll learn how to “hit” the important chord tones in your solo. I also teach you note-for-note a cool blues improvisation that works perfectly with the Slow, Soulful Blues lesson.