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From: "Valleau, Adam"
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:23:11 -0400
Subject: RE: Going Nowhere

> Omar writes:
> >I get so frustrated from this! I simply play the same riffs over and
> >over again, when I try to improvise new riffs, they just don't sound
> good!
>
> >has anyone ever been in my situation and got out?
>
>
Richard responded:

> One way out of a rut is to take a solo by someone else that you like and
> learn it by heart, either by listening to the record or by reading a
> transcription. Once you've done that, if you play chromatic (or even
> diatonic), try transposing the solo into all 12 keys. This will give
> you new material to work with, which is always useful.
>


I say:

I agree with this particular approach a lot. I'm trying to do this now with
a couple of Richard's tunes, but I'm a long way from transposing anything to
other keys, yet! Once I have the tune down pat, I will then move on to
using different keys of diatonics, or maybe even trying them on a chromatic.
Should be fun! Keeping things fun and interesting really helps to keep me
from getting bored...and in a rut.

Adam T. Valleau, CIH
(Yer Harpoon Man)
Baltimore, MD
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