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if i have a song with a chord progression of b minor, a major, e major, g major, when i'm soloing do i have to change the guitar scale im playing each time the song goes to the next chord? |
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I would say that just playing a Bm scale is a shortcut, and will not be musically satisfying for long. Playing just using a scale you are bound to land on notes that don't sound very good. When I approached playing this way I was constantly frustrated by those ugly notes and found that I had no reliable way to control my sound. Then I got schooled. Now I play with a very controlled system. I rely heavily on chord tones, and use scales as a way to get between chord tones. This is accomplished through hours of study on chords and scales, you need to know them by rote, then study some theory to get how to put them together. To answer your question: A major, E major and G major do not exist as chords in any one key, so you would need to alter the scale to get them all at once. Hypothetically, the only way you play one scale over that progression is if these two were true: you considered b minor and b melodic minor to be completely interchangeable (and they ain't), and you used b harmonic minor over the E Major. Still might not sound great. |
