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Ricardo -> RE: 2 Chord Progressions... (May 26 2010 7:22:17)
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ORIGINAL: Reinhardt
What is some good scales to play over the following Chord progressions:
Am, Cmaj, Dm, Emaj (i play A Melodic Minor (Descending) Scale but dont get a good improv sound from it.
And
Em, Am, Cmaj, Bmaj(bar chords) (same as above only in E Melodic Minor (Descending) Scale
Im looking for a Spanish/Middle eastern sound?
If you guys can maybe tell me the exact scale to play over it cuz my theory is abit limited.
I would really appreciate a response
Thanks!
Reinhardt
First one A natural minor relates the first 3 chords, then you have A harmonic minor with the raised 7th. Avoid A melodic minor with raised 6 for now.
The second one is the same concept in E minor. Raised 7th only on the B chord (D# note is your target).
But to do a nice melodic thing over the chords, it is better to focus on each chord as a separate entity. It is more advanced concept too. So get comfy with the above idea first. Then try:
A Aeolian or Dorian (ABCDEFG, or ABCDEF#G)
C Ionian, or lydian, or mixolydian (CEFGAB, CEF#GAB, or CEFGABb)
D aeolian or Dorian (DEFGABb, or DEFGAB)
E phrygian dominant (EFG#ABCD)
There are some more advanced concepts that can be applied, and you can mix up those scales in each chord as long as you have enough rhythmic TIME to do it. The E progression is actually different unless you made a mistake.
E aeolian or dorian (EF#GABCD, or EF#GABC#D)
A aeolian or dorian (see above)
C lydian or lydian dominant (CEF#GAB, or CEF#GABb) notice the second scale is a mix of the lydian and mixolydian from earlier. That one has a nicer pull to B chord up next.
B phrygian dominant (BCD#EF#GA)
The lydian dominant scale is the 4th mode of melodic minor. So you are using the G melodic minor over the C chord.
Now if you did the same progression in A (not what you wrote earlier) you could use F lydian dominant to resolve to E phyrgian. I was gonna write that as a sub for your Dminor chord, but thought to wait in case you did mean 2 DIFFERENT type of progressions as you wrote.
Ricardo
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