Songs with solos in Am

Uhm - depends on what you mean
1. A song where all of the notes in the solo comes from an a minors scale (even pentatonic maybe)?
2. Must it be the original key or can it be transposed?
3. Must it be an actual solo - or are you open for improvising?

From the top of my head I don't know a single song that fits criteria 1 - although there has to be many out there, I've just never been good at *learning* solos.
But,
Every 12 bar blues in A can be soloed to with the A minor pent scale.
Else, look for songs with an A minor progression - say ... All along the watchtower Am G F E, also songs in C will be OK - same notes in the C / am scale.

May I ask - why :-)
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lars

Lars,

Thanks for the reply and yes you may ask why. Because I am going through the minor pent scale now with my teacher and he has given me riffs and fills in the Am scale to use to improv over a backing track so ithought it would be a good idea to learn a song that uses the note from the Am pent scale.

I just can't think of any off the top of my head at the moment.

Neil Young 'Like A Hurricane"
Hendrix ' All Along the Watchtower.

both songs are almost similar. Am G F.

Found this, in A Minor to play around with.

http://www.guitargrind.com/file/65-nothing-else-matters-metallica.html

Funny, there are probably thousands of popular songs with the solo in the Am Pentatonic, but when you have to think of one you go blank. :D

After Midnight- Eric Clapton
Lay Down Sally- Eric Clapton
Rock N Roll Hootchie Coo- Rick Derringer
Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Rock N Roll- Led Zeppelin
Manic Depression- Jimi Hendrix

Think of more later...

Wes

I usually will use a small cassette/cd player to record a blues rhythm (something simple) and then play over that. Don't know if thats what your looking for but it can be fun. Its a simple idea that I would have never thought of without my teacher mentioning it to me.

Just found this on Wikipedia:

* (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
* 10,000 Days (song) - Tool
* Amazing - Aerosmith
* American Jesus - Bad Religion
* Anthem for the Year 2000 - Silverchair
* Bad Habit - The Offspring
* Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
* Cab Driver - Daryl Hall
* Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (also in C major)
* Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Fade to Black - Metallica
* Hello - Lionel Richie
* Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
* Holding Out For a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
* House of the Rising Sun - Traditional
* The Look of Love - ABC
* Lover I don't have to Love - Bright Eyes
* Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers
* Mortal Kombat Theme - from Mortal Kombat
* Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
* Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana
* Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
* Self-Esteem - The Offspring
* She's No You - Jesse McCartney
* She's Not There - The Zombies
* Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm (originally by Michael Jackson)
* Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
* Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead
* U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
* Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_minor

Anyone know of any songs that the solo is in A minor?

Maybe you could cheat a little... :twisted:

If the only criteria is that you use the notes from the Am scale in a solo then you've got a fair choice, as it's the relative minor of Cmajor and therefore has all the same notes.

And there's a zillion solos that use the notes from the C major scale. Just as long as there's no sharps or flats you're cool.. 8)

But I'm sure you knew that anyway... :)

A, C, D, E and G (the notes you'll be using in the Am pentatonic version) obviously all work fine on any backing track in C major too. Unless I'm getting confused, these are also the same notes found in the Cmaj pentatonic. ACDEG=Cmaj pentatonic and Am pentatonic. And there must be a heap of songs in C major that use the Cmaj pentatonic for the solo.

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks for all the suggestions guys I've got alot to choose from.

I usually will use a small cassette/cd player to record a blues rhythm (something simple) and then play over that.
Along those lines, you can also pick up a Roland PMA-5 from ebay usually for around a hundred bucks, and it will play any chord progression you want, in many different styles, with drum, bass, guitar etc, at any speed you want .. pretty nifty. Anyway, I think we are off topic, he really wanted the solos to learn.

I believe that The Thrill is Gone by BB King is in Am

I believe that The Thrill is Gone by BB King is in Am
I think Bm. But he recorded many versions.