Why can't we just play random notes on a scale on an improvisation track?
Surely, it is important for us to make certain parts that sound good and mix them up to make a complete solo on a track. However, beginners always have some question or the other. Why is it that though all the notes of a certain scale sound right in accordance with the backing track, we still create certain patterns which we use in our solos? It actually has a very simple answer. The answer is that though the notes sound right, the patterns make it sound much, much more professional. It not only adds emotion to the song, but it also prevents you from repeating the same motion again and again. When you don't make patterns in your free time, and you come across a certain stretch that sounds really good, you tend to keep playing that in your performance on a track. It makes you think that it sounds really good but actually it just bores the audience. They may like it once, they may like it twice. Some may like it a 100 times. However, if you keep on doing it past a point,