Originally Posted by: caponi14Hey guys,

I wonna ask you something. How do you reach this level of improvisation?... And how do practice escaping your licks (especially the repeating licks that keeps going on the same 3-4 notes). I found out that it's actually a thing im struggeling with in my playing and improvisation...?

I know I've mentioned this before but it's worth epeating, listen to southern rock players. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchett etc.

The key to improvising is knowing how to repeat patterns. There is an underlying vocabulary to blues playing and blues licks. If you learn and know them, you have the vocabulary the allows you to improvise. If you don't know them, you will always ask how someone can do it. It's like learning and writing language.

Some of Slash's influences are Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Ted Nugent, Joe Perry, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Angus Young, Eddie Van Halen, Elliot Easton, Joe Walsh from a Slash site I found.

Very diverse but, learn from them too. David Gilmour is awesome and is a virtual text book of taste and feel. Billy Gibbons from Tejas on back has some great blues rock playing. Elliot Easton from the Cars? Interesting choice but shows how to play with economy. Rory Gallagher is just awesome.

Anyway, they all have a base on some blues rock knowledge and why knowing that core of playing gives you the vocabulary to play with some flexibility and therefor, improvise.

If you want to play like your hero, learn how he got there.