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Posted by Ben (from: cacheserv.out.trw.com) on February 27, 2001 at 16:08:59:

I would like to know if anyone has approached the guitar this way. I am self-taught so I don't know ALL the lingo. Anyway I have a question on improvisational soloing. Say we are playing in A Major, I am playing in an AMaj Scale, then the song goes to a F#m (the vi chord in the key). The minor scale in F#m are the same notes as in AMaj. Now say that the chord changes to a DMaj (the IV chord) I notice that all the notes are the same except there is a flat 7. Also if the chord changed to a ii (Bm) the minor scale would be just the same as the A Major scale except for a flat 7. Then there is the iii and V chords (C#m and EMaj). The only difference in these scales are a sharp 4. (ie. E Major scale, C# Minor scale). Has anyone else noticed this (I'm sure it's in a book somewhere on this planet). I am wondering if an experienced player out there uses this to their advantage (like when the "chord of the moment" changes to a V chord, you would move all of your 4's sharp, then switch back to normal after you get back to the Root chord). I don't know if any of this makes sense to anyone else but myself, but if it does, I would like to hear how others use this to play, or if I'm missing something. Thanks,

-Ben

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Re: For the theory buffs... Ben 16:14:57 3/01/01 (0)
Re: For the theory buffs... Eddie G. 00:23:09 3/01/01 (0)
Stupid Computer program hosed up circle of 5ths Steve 16:52:58 2/27/01 (0)
Re: For the theory buffs... Steve 16:46:34 2/27/01 (1)

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: I would like to know if anyone has approached the guitar this way. I am self-taught so I don't know ALL the lingo. Anyway I have a question on improvisational soloing. Say we are playing in A Major, I am playing in an AMaj Scale, then the song goes to a F#m (the vi chord in the key). The minor scale in F#m are the same notes as in AMaj. Now say that the chord changes to a DMaj (the IV chord) I notice that all the notes are the same except there is a flat 7. Also if the chord changed to a ii (Bm) the minor scale would be just the same as the A Major scale except for a flat 7. Then there is the iii and V chords (C#m and EMaj). The only difference in these scales are a sharp 4. (ie. E Major scale, C# Minor scale). Has anyone else noticed this (I'm sure it's in a book somewhere on this planet). I am wondering if an experienced player out there uses this to their advantage (like when the "chord of the moment" changes to a V chord, you would move all of your 4's sharp, then switch back to normal after you get back to the Root chord). I don't know if any of this makes sense to anyone else but myself, but if it does, I would like to hear how others use this to play, or if I'm missing something. Thanks, : -Ben

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