Originally posted by John O'Carroll
5 or 6 hours improvising ??? That certainly can be fun and help develop your instincts for improv, but you need a foundation of musical / technical knowledge to apply to your improvising. Since you're still a "beginner" (don't take that the wrong way - LOL ), I'd strongly suggest that you practice scales, chords, rhythyms, melodies, SONGS, a lot more than just improvising. When you have that foundation built, you'll understand how to use your knowledge / technique and your improvising should improve greatly.

well, i do. i just mentioned the improvising because whenever it feels right to improvise, i do it. the past few days i took an improvising break you could say,and learned a few more songs. it is kind of crazy to improvise every day, that long, just hitting notes ya know...
my fingers are almost black, full of callouses, none of my other friends fingers are that play...

the thing about it is, i am familiar with the A major scale all through the neck now, and have tried numorous combinations, but the "Zazz" that i mentioned earlier still isnt here. what i mean by "Zazz" is that stuff that pro musicians have 'in them' while they play that adds some colour to their style...style...thats it, i think i need to develop a style. probably towards jerry garcia's style...any body help me out with a way to develop that? there arent many fully tabbed dead songs on thenet