I am in the process of writing a song, and I need help to figure out what scale to use to solo over it with. The chord progression is D Bminor Gsus A. If anyone could help that would be great.
D major
D major pentatonic
D minor pentatonic might work, It depends, just try improvising on one of the scales and see which one fits.
Steve-0
Ok, I'll try it.
The easiest way to figure it out is to see what notes you have in the chords.
D=D-F#-A
Bm=B-D-F#
Gsus=G-C-D
A=A-C#-E
Line 'em up...
D-E-F#-G-A-B-C-C#
You have eight different notes. Most scales are diatonic - they only use seven.
Your choices are:
1. Use a simpler scale that includes only some chord tones, like D major pentatonic (D-E-G-A-B)
2. Use a scale that includes every tone, but be careful how you use the chromatic series C-C#-D... B melodic minor is one possibility (B-C-D-E-F#-G-G#-A-A# when you combine both ascending and descending)
3. Use two different scales. D, Bm and Gsus work with D major, B minor, and others; D and A work with A major, F# minor and others.
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