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What is the preferred method of soloing to a specific progression? For instance, if D,G Em is playing, would you use one specific scale, or separate scales for each chord? Thanks Bob |
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You don't have to use a different scale for each chord, but it can add a nice feeling of moving along with the chord changes. More important than that though is what note you land on at the downbeat of the chord change. To make your solo feel like its really tied in to the chord changes you could land on a chord tone of the new chord (1 3 5 7). Play with landing on each chord tone and hear what it feels like. Try landing on the 4 of the new chord too. If you are going to change scales, that's an easy time to do it. If you want a good exercise, pick one scale for each chord (e.g. G Major, E minor and D Major) figure out what notes are not in common between the 3 scales and try to highlight the differing notes as the chords change too. Oh and the chord progression you mentioned looks more strongly in G, but it does depend how you play it. 5th, Root, minor 6th rather than Root, 4th, minor 2nd? Yes? debatable but that's what makes music fun, everyones different ways of looking at things!!
(08 Nov '10, 15:44)
steve zodiac
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It's best to first of all decide what 'key' the song is in. Usually - but not always - the first chord will be the 'key' of the song. In your example I would go with the key of D major. Next you need to decide what 'flavour' the song is, i.e. Rock, blues, pop, country. Then you can decide what scale to use. I rely heavily on pentatonic scales as they will fit over most songs, but there are 1000's of scales out there just wanting to be played. In your example you might even see the key as G major or E Minor even opening up the scale library further. But I think the most important answer to your question is EXPERIMENT and find your own preference. |
