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I am working on One Note Samba right now and when it comes time to solo I am unsure what to do on some of the chords. The Key is Bb and the chord progression goes Dmin, Db Dom, C min, and B Dom flat 5. The D is phrygian and the c is dorian, easy enough. I know how the Db and B chords work, being TT subs of the next chord, but I don't know how to fit them into any scale that sounds good. I have just been messing around with the HW scale but it seems a little to out there. Any suggestions?

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I am working on One Note Samba right now and when it comes time to solo I am unsure what to do on some of the chords. The Key is Bb and the chord progression goes Dmin, Db Dom, C min, and B Dom flat 5. The D is phrygian and the c is dorian, easy enough. I know how the Db and B chords work, being TT subs of the next chord, but I don't know how to fit them into any scale that sounds good. I have just been messing around with the HW scale but it seems a little to out there. Any suggestions?

 

 

Try these:

 

-Get hold of some recordings of other people playing the tune. When you come across some solos you like, transcribe and analyze them to see if there are some scales they might be using.

 

-Learn the melody, chords, and the overall song form. Don't skip that step even tho the title says "One note Samba" Learn it anyway.

 

-Practice improvising with only chord tones. If they're all 7th chords, you're dealing with 4-note arpeggios. Add one note to that and you've got pentatonics. Which note? The one that sounds good with the chord. Add two notes to that pentatonic and you've got a scale. Which two notes? The ones that sound good with the chord. In doing this, you'll likely discover the "correct" scale even if you can't name it.

 

The "rules" are meant to describe why things sound the way they do. They won't be meaningful until you formulate opinions about what you like/don't like.

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Try these:


-Get hold of some recordings of other people playing the tune. When you come across some solos you like, transcribe and analyze them to see if there are some scales they might be using.


-Learn the melody, chords, and the overall song form. Don't skip that step even tho the title says "One note Samba" Learn it anyway.


-Practice improvising with only chord tones. If they're all 7th chords, you're dealing with 4-note arpeggios. Add one note to that and you've got pentatonics. Which note? The one that sounds good with the chord. Add two notes to that pentatonic and you've got a scale. Which two notes? The ones that sound good with the chord. In doing this, you'll likely discover the "correct" scale even if you can't name it.


The "rules" are meant to describe why things sound the way they do. They won't be meaningful until you formulate opinions about what you like/don't like.

 

 

I have been doing quarter note arp going up on one chord and then down another. I also would run up the mode of the two scales that "fit" in the key and then hit the root of the next chord. The problem is the arpeggios don't sit right when I hear them(I'm not playing with a backing track or a band either). I am going to just try doing the chord/melody of the song and see if I can't hear any solo ideas.

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