The SIMPLE Way to Solo Over Chord Changes
- Improvising horizontally and vertically
- Understanding and playing harmonically
- Arpeggiating the chords
- Getting familiar with the tunes and the chords within those tunes
- Avoiding 'skating' over the chord changes
- Playing lines that work in sequence and work together on a horizontal or melodic level
- Repeating ideas but changing them to fit the chords
- Studying melodies to understand both horizontal and vertical aspects
- Improvising with chord tones