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How to improvise and solo over chords
How to improvise and solo over chords
This is a quick guide on how to improvise and solo over chords. Below are diagrams that show suitable notes for playing over a backing track with chords C, Am, F and G in the key of C major, a common key and set of chords. At the bottom of the page you will also find a couple of backing tracks from various artists.
Start playing any series of notes from the C-Major scale in diagram 1, trust your ear. To emphasize the chord notes and align more with the chords play the colored notes in diagram 2-5.
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This is a quick guide on how to improvise and solo over chords. Below are diagrams that show suitable notes for playing over a backing track with chords C, Am, F and G in the key of C major, a common key and set of chords. At the bottom of the page you will also find a couple of backing tracks from various artists.
Start playing any series of notes from the C-Major scale in diagram 1, trust your ear. To emphasize the chord notes and align more with the chords play the colored notes in diagram 2-5.