Chord Tone Soloing Course
Chord tone soloing — soloing over changes — is a complex area that can be approached in many ways, and even a cursory search for resources online is likely to leave you with more questions than answers. This course exists to help you get into this tricky but worthwhile part of guitar playing and music itself.
Chord tone soloing is particularly difficult on guitar, because guitarists tend to arrive at this point with varying amounts of knowledge and gaps in their playing — whereas other instrumentalists approach soloing over changes in a more uniform way.
A solid chord tone soloing course needs a system that (a) isn’t based on patterns, (b) develops the ability to locate notes on the neck either by interval or by note name, and (c) develops your ear to the point where you can fully express yourself and truly improvise — rather than a formulaic, calculated approach to something that should be created spontaneously in the moment. That’s what this free course is for.
If you don’t have one already, a looper pedal will speed up the process of learning to improvise over changes immensely — you can pick one up for as little as $50. A good selection is on Amazon here; personal favorites are the TC Electronic Ditto and the Boss RC-1, though pretty much any looper on the market is great value.
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