The worst fear in me regarding improvisation is playing wrong notes. I spent a lot of time learning what scale/lick works with which chord. I worried about playing them wrong. Oh well, are wrong notes that bad? I bet everyone has tried correcting a wrong note by playing the right note next and found that the end result didn't sound that bad. In fact, the great bassist and teacher Victor Wooten said something really simple but may not be obvious: "You are never more than a half-step away from the right note!" Check out this video in which he explained:
And in this video he actually played a solo using all wrong notes and sounded good!
1 comment:
i said before it is not necessary to land or start with the right note.
sometimes 'wrong' notes can make good mood especially on jazz / blues. skillfully playing the wrong notes (very important: timing and the dynamics), there is no wrong notes.
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