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Originally Posted by RockyRacc00n
For those of you who are experts, what’s going through your mind when you are soloing?
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I'm thinking of the chords (if any), the rhythm, possibly the musical style (to incorporate any idioms), and any existing melody.
As important to me as specific notes I play is the PHRASING. That generally relates more to rhythm than to harmony, and I find is often lacking in guitar players learning improv.
I don't pre-hear a lot, but when I do, it might be a little scrap of melody that starts off a line. What I do often hear (or visualize) is a group of POSSIBILITIES which I then instantly pick from.
When I come up with an interesting phrase while rehearsing, I play around with it - slowing it down/speeding it up, changing the emphasis, permutating it through keys and scales. These then become little nuggets that I might remember in the heat of improv.
Fundamentally, I believe one needs to practice improv in order to get better at it.