Hey & welcome to GT! Thanks for providing info about your skills & goals.

Originally Posted by: smnyitus

My main goal is to be able to improvise, Blues is my focus now, and I can play with scales over backing tracks without making it sound great.

I wish I understood what to play on which chords, etc.

There are 3 path options.

1. Work through a guided course. In your situation, the Blues course is the obvious fit.

http://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=blues1

If that's too simple, try jumping to Blues level 2.

http://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=blues2

The advantage to the course path is that you'll get a thorough grounding in blues style skills (playing techniques & approaches) as well as theory along the way. And it's a step-by-step curriculum. There might be skills & ideas you already know, but it might be a good way to shore up any loose ends in your playing or knowledge. And it's great for students that want to follow an overall curriculum.

2. Individual tutorials aimed at precisely what you want to know. For example, these tutorials will show you how to solo over blues changes after you already know the basic scales & have some playing skills.

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=217

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=232

And these tutorials are aimed directly & only at learning to improvise solos by understanding key signatures, targeting chords tones & building melodic phrases.

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=483

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=491

The advantage to this path is that you'll get right to what you want to know without having to deal with content you already know.

3. Do both! Make time to work through a course, while adding on more in depth tutorials when time allows. The advantage to this option is that you are making the most out of your GT subscription. You have access to all of it, why not use it? :)

The courses are a great place to build a foundation. And after that, the in depth tutorials are where you can add depth to your playing & knowledge.

And don't forget to add songs to the mix! At every stage of learning you should be learing songs that you like. Or at least licks or solos of you favorite players.

https://www.guitartricks.com/songs.php?input=blues

Hope this helps. Ask more if necessary. Have fun! Play guitar!