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A lot of the tips have been very helpful and I have been developing a good practice schedule. One thing that I discovered which may be very helpful for anyone else having trouble with "tripping on the changes" is that for the longest time I didn't have complete control over counting and timing...

thanks for taking the time to give advice dflat. i practice my standards at ballad tempo and i create my own licks and ideas, as well as learning other's. usually i run them through circle of fifths to learn them. i agree completely with the concepts of soloing you talked about but that is...

my instrument is guitar. usually i focus on arps instead of modes, but yea i've studied arps in all inversions as well chordal inversions and i use the modes as well. however, i dont regiment that sort of practice for every standard so i will start doing that. Also, 12 key practice is something...

I am a sophomore music major at umass lowell and i've been trying to make improvising feel more comfortable. I've spent time learning solos and memorizing licks but still find myself tripping over the changes. This results in a feeling of rigidity when soloing which keeps me from comfortably...