i need help related to soloing.i can manage solos when my bands doin covers(thanx to tabs) but the problem arises when we guys wanna do own comps.how do i figure out the scales or arpeggios to be use for a progression.for ex,if i hav a progression of DAGD,i can use the arpeggio for D but wat are the scales and other arpeggios(for AG).guys pleex help.all i want basically is how do i start my solo ?
ok since ur chords r basically D G A wot u do is try to guess the scale start wit D scale - just try 4 simple scales - dont bother wit the complicated ones yet Code: I II III IV V VI VII --------------------------------------------------------------------------- D major -> D E F# G A B C# D minor -> D E F G A Bb C D pentatonic major -> D E F# A B D pentatonic minor -> D F# G A C now sum quik bkground info - thes r sum common chord progressions I-IV-V II-III-VI I-VI-II-V I-II-IV-V I-II-VI-V I-III-II-V I-III-VI-V I-III-IV-V take the first set I-IV-V wht it means is - u take ANY scale & play the chords corresponding to the first, fourth & fifth note - & wil sound GOOD simple? same way wit II-III-VI u take second, third & sixth note & play those chords & it l sound gr8... an so on in ur case we already hav the chords so v work backwards ok? the chords r D G A -- now wher do they appear in th 4 scales? lets chek D major --> I IV V [matches the first progressoin] D minor --> I IV V [matches the first progressoin] D penta major --> I IV [no match] D penta minor --> I III IV [matches the last progressoin partially] bingo! ur scales r D major or D minor or D pentatonic minor hope tht helped...
LOL Slash. Take up some good player and observe how he plays it. Learn his licks. Usually al rock n metal player rely heavily on licks and runs. Jazz is a different beast. The players there try to stay away from licks as mushc as possible. But if u want the rock style of leads. U just need to listen to the stuff and try to think n reason out why the d00d is playing like that. And copy it. Ofcourse you will add your own quirks which will give the leads a personalised flavor.
@thanx a lot man.cool that was informative.i just asked generally about soloing to corresponding chords and the progressIon of DAGD was just an example.but thank you verymuch.can i get an arpeggio chart or something of that kind or should i just play the notes of the chord individually ?and how do you figure out the sacles to be used like u mentioned in the end to use Dmajor,minor pentatonic.how about using the scale of other chords like say G or A? @alpha1 thanx bro
sure u can try any of the others G or A -- even any other scale like B or C -- so long as the chords fit into one of the progressions... the choice of scale depends on what sound u like to create
