I tried the F#minor pent but I don't know doesn't sound great..
You're using chords which don't normally get used together because they don't exist in the same key.
The notes you're using in the chords are F#, G, A#, B, C#, and D. Everything's in D Major except the A#, which is the Leading Note in B minor. The good news is that B minor is the relative minor to D major.
Try the scale of B Harmonic Minor and see how it pans out.
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They're just power chords, Alan, so they don't contain A# or B. But that still makes just 2 sharps on F and C - so either D major or B minor will work pretty well.
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Yep, just me trying to get too clever again.
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How much time is elapsing between the chords? We could come up with some cool solo ideas depending upon how close these two chords are together.
the believe it is the f# hungarian gypsy scale is what is used in white rabbit which has a bassline the alternates between f# and g. the notes of the scale are f# g a# b c# d e
Listen to White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane - that may give you some ideas. I believe that the most useful key is Em, but I'm not sure.
The E Dorian scale would work well. Since the notes in the chords are F# and C#, as well as G and D, the notes in a E Dorian scale would all fit.
The Dorian scale is like a minor scale, but in Dorian the 6th is a Major 6th while in a typical minor scale the 6th is minor. That means that an E Dorian scale has the notes E F# G A B C# D E. The 6th scale degree is C#, which would go along with your F#5 chord.
A typical E minor scale would have a minor 6th, so the note would be a C natural and would clash with the F#5 chord. The E Dorian may give you some ideas, and it has the same notes as a D Major scale, but since you'll be starting on E as "home" it may cause the scale to sound different to your ear. I hope that helps.
