14th March

14th March – In todays lesson we jammed the reggae song again including adding solos over the verses. We established a proper structure and decided where improvisation should be, and over which sections of the song. We decided that the verses and pre chorus were the most suitable parts to improv over as they allowed us to use a number of different scales such as the harmonic minor scale and minor pentatonic scale in b over the chords. We didn't improvise over the chorus as we thought that this part was best left out and left as the original with just singing the chorus.
The structure we decided on is as followed:
Intro
chorus (no vocals)
verse
pre chorus
chorus
verse
pre chorus
chorus
Improvisation over B minor chord
intro riff harmonised
Improvisation over verse
Improvisation over verse again
Improvisation over pre chorus
Chorus (no vocals)
Drum and Bass guitar improvised section
Chorus.

As a passing section between the Improvisation over B minor chord into the improvisation over verse we decided to play the intro riff but add a second guitar harmony part that I played. The tab for this riff was 0-0-0-2-4-2-0-0-0-2-4-2-4-4-4-6-7-6-4-4-4-6-7-6- played all on the d string with ghost notes in-between each note and played very staccato.

My target for myself to achieve was keep practising soloing over my allocated improvisation slot which is over the B minor section. I will experiment with different phrases and scales until i find something I am happy with. I will practise by recording a loop of the B minor section and keep going over this. I will give myself one week to achieve this as that allows me enough time to practise until my next lesson.