Nice spicy flavour

[GuitaRoland]

In the late 90's it was the first time I tried to record myself playing to some backing tracks. One track was a progression in C major with no chords not belonging to the key.

I played (landed on) a "wrong" note which was a Bb over a C major7 (was meant to be a B) but listening to the recording later on it didn't sound wrong at all. It gave a very nice spicy flavour to the recording that was a big surprise to me.

So my tip is - record yourself and listen, you have a lot to learn from your own playing. An improvisation is an improvisation and it is always hard, if not impossible, to remember what you played. Record, listen, analyse and add your own licks to your musical vocabulary. It often comes as a big surprise that it isn't always that easy to analyse even if you played it yourself.

/R

[GuitaRoland]

This is an old thread from 05-26-2010. Surprisingly nobody had a similar experience and made a comment to that at that time. Maybe today someone have?

/R

[renato13]

Well, actually, I happens with me all the day. I am so lousy with playing everything as it should be played - I mean "by the book" - that sometimes I start throwing ideas inside a track just to see where it can lead me. It happens a lot that somethings that I would say "It doesn't work at all!" work with a good sound, or a different, or just a crap sound. It is cool.

[ronjazz]

A mistake repeated twice is a jazz lick.

[GuitaRoland]

Originally Posted by ronjazz

A mistake repeated twice is a jazz lick.

I was happy to hear that Ron - You made my day!

Greetings from Sweden!
/Roland