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Ok So Lets say I'm playing a C - D - E - G chord pattern and its my turn to solo we know that:

 

- the song is in the key of c

 

- I'm going to use the c scale

 

My question is does the C scale have all of the notes as the chords i'm playing?

 

Can I switch from the C scale To the D scale To The E Scale and then To the G scale or should i just stick with the C scale?

 

Lastly within the C scale do I haev to be isolated to just one particular pattern or can i mix the different patterns within the scale say i go from low to high then back to low is that possible?

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"C - D - E - G chord pattern"

...If you chord pattern was C - Dmin - Emin - G, you could solo just by using the major scales.

If you stick with Dmajor you have a F# in the D major...
If you stick with Emajor you have a G# in the E major...

if you've got chords with sharps in them, and your only using the C major scale to solo, it will not sound good. C major has F and G NOT F# and G#... it also depends on what sound your looking for.

Try Cmajor - Dminor - Eminor - Gmajor and solo only using the C major scale. See what happens.

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BTW...when you say "C scale To the D scale To The E Scale and then To the G scale " you need to verify what kind of scale. There are like 20 different C scales. I'm assuming you mean C major scale. Say C major scale.

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Originally posted by VanHalen5150

Ok So Lets say I'm playing a C - D - E - G chord pattern and its my turn to solo we know that:


- the song is in the key of c


- I'm going to use the c scale


My question is does the C scale have all of the notes as the chords i'm playing?


Can I switch from the C scale To the D scale To The E Scale and then To the G scale or should i just stick with the C scale?


Lastly within the C scale do I haev to be isolated to just one particular pattern or can i mix the different patterns within the scale say i go from low to high then back to low is that possible?

 

 

red|dragon is right the chords listed don't fit the key of C Major but to answer your last question if all the chords in the progression are major going from the C Major scale to the D Major scale to the E Major scale to the G Major scale could be one of the best ways to handle this progression. This is is the basic idea behind the concept of chord scales.

 

Basic model theory tells you that you should alter the progression to match the scale (C Major - D Minor - E Minor - F Major - G Major A Minor B Diminished)... The concept above is chord scale theory which says that each chord in the progression should be used as the root note. So everytime the chord changes you change the root note and the scale. If one of the chords were, lets say, G minor (I know G would be strange as a minor in this progression but thats why I picked it). So the progression would be C - D - E - Gm. This is a strange progression, but it could be handled by playing C Major scale - D Major scale - E Major scale G Minor scale or G Dorian scale.

 

This concept is widely used in jazz not so much in modern music. You might be better off learning model theory before you get into the whole chord scale thing. Just wanted you to know you did nail that concept.

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Essentially all the chords have to match the notes played in the solo. But isnt the first chord or note played the key of the song and doesnt that mean that the solo is going to be in that scale and the other chords will just somehow work with that particular scale. Ie. C - D - E -G chords the Key is in C SO the solo will be in C Major and the D MAJOR chord E Major Chord and E Major chord shold somehow fit. thats what i understood through some internet lesson site. but if it doesnt fit i should play chords that are in the scale.

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I just checked out this Scale Generator..... The C - D - E - G chords are fine to play over top the C Maj. Scale because the D note The E note and The G note are in the C Maj. scale so doesnt that mean that it's possible to play those chords because the notes are in the scale or am i wrong?

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Yes the notes C - D - E - G are in the key of C Major but the chords should be C Maj, D Min, E Min, and G Maj. The chord E Major contains the note (#G) and the chord D Major contains the note (F#) niether (#G or #F) are in the key of C Major. YOu need more than just the root note to be in key all the notes have to be in key.

But like I said in my post before it would work if you change the key everytime a different chord is introduced.

Also if you feel like using the key of C Major over this progression its fine it might even sound good its just that these chords step out of key a little.

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