Making a solo (and finding the key) for a song.

Seems to be in the key of C major. Or it could be one of those that has no discernable key. Using the main musical theme, you simply play in the scale of the corresponding key. So, try soloing with the C major scale and make sure to land on the corresponding notes of the chord changes. In other words, if the D chord is coming up, you want to try to land on a D and so forth.

In this particular case, the progression doesnt really matter. Just learn the chord changes and solo with the C major scale.

Sounds like the key of G to me (or E minor, the relative minor key to G). That's G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em and F#dim (minor is often substituted for diminished) for the basic chords. Have a look at my key chord tool, it's good for this sort of thing.

Do you know pentatonic scales? If you do, G major pentatonic or E minor pentatonic should do you nicely to start with. Plenty more to play with obviously, but you probably want to get stuck into the creative bit ASAP, and pentatonics have plenty of scope. If you don't, have a little play aorund with this :)

(I keep plugging these tools recently, but I really am only mentioning them when I think they're appropriate and helpful, honest!)

Seems to be in the key of C major.There's an F#m in there, VM.

Seems to be in the key of C major.There's an F#m in there, VM.

True. Thanks for correcting me. I thought about that but decided not to edit the post. And, those tools are pretty helpfull.