5 LEVELS OF IMPROVISATION (ft. Matteo Mancuso)

Guitar virtuoso Matteo Mancuso demonstrates the 5 stages of improvisation. Massive thanks to @MatteoMancusoofficial ▶SUPPORT PATREON◀ https://www.patreon.com/pauldavids ▶FOLLOW ME◀ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauldavidsguitar ▶MY COURSES◀ 🎸Beginner: http://learnpracticeplay.com 🎸Intermediate: http://nextlevelplaying.com 🎸Intermediate to advanced: http://electricelevation.com 🎸Acoustic: http://acousticadventure.com 🎸Guitar Looping: https://www.loopschool.com Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on YouTube. If you want to know more about me, check out https://PaulDavidsGuitar.com or check out my guitar courses at: https://learnpracticeplay.com and https://nextlevelplaying.com, and https://acousticadventure.com Thank you for watching! Paul Below is the gear and services I use to make these videos. They redirect to websites and provide me with a small kickback should purchase any of these things. ▶GEAR LIST◀ https://www.amazon.com/shop/pauldavids ▶SFX & Background music◀ http://share.epidemicsound.com/pauldavids ▶MICS◀ Vocal mic - https://amzn.to/31cqGqv Guitar mic 1 - https://amzn.to/3nSRaF8 Guitar mic 2 - https://amzn.to/3jWbX9C ▶SOUND◀ Soundcard - http://amzn.to/2xk7pSM DAW - http://amzn.to/2fhPZjz ▶VIDEO GEAR◀ Camera: https://amzn.to/3mBMtjF 16-35mm: https://amzn.to/3BxcKUJ 24mm: https://amzn.to/2ZV5pkO 35mm: https://amzn.to/3bByRid 50mm: 85mm: https://amzn.to/2Y950dV 24-105: https://amzn.to/2ZJTqWQ 0:00 Intro 0:57 The plan 1:25 The track 2:32 Fundaments of improvisation 3:20 STAGE 1 - The Pentatonic Scale 4:15 Variety of the same phrase 5:20 STAGE 1 JAM 6:15 the 3 octaves rule 8:39 The five boxes 10:06 Not using 2 notes per string 11:00 STAGE 2 - The Major Scale 11:59 Why Matteo doesn’t like 3nps 12:45 STAGE 2 JAM 13:37 Benefits of the Major Scale 14:31 Note names vs note functions 15:46 Thirds and Sixths 17:39 Major scale vocabulary 18:57 STAGE 3 - Arpeggios of the scale 20:08 An arpeggio exercise 21:15 STAGE 3 JAM 22:23 Spicing up the arpeggio 22:50 STAGE 4 - Outside chords 24:34 Studying a chord progression 26:44 STAGE 4 JAM 27:36 Melodic Minor 29:28 STAGE 5 - Chromaticism 30:59 The ‘wrong’ notes 32:08 JAM with wrong notes 32:55 Incorporating chromatic notes 33:35 STAGE 5 JAM 35:36 How much does Matteo practice?