How to solo over blues progression

1. What scales can solo over blues?
2. How do you improvise over blues?
3. How do you solo over a chord progression?

What scales can solo over blues?

The scales used most often for soloing in blues-influenced music are minor and major pentatonic. As its name implies, a pentatonic scale consists of five tones, as penta means 'five' and tonic means 'tone'.

How do you improvise over blues?

Blues Improvisation Exercises

1. Listen to the backing track and follow along with the chord progression above. ...
2. Play the chords along with the backing track.
3. Play the C minor pentatonic scale up and down.
4. Play the C major pentatonic scale up and down.
5. Play “Motif A” over each chord.
6. Play “Motif B” over each chord.

How do you solo over a chord progression?

Soloing Over a Key

1. End your phrases on the root note. It will reinforce the key.
2. Listen for the notes that sound best over each chord. ...
3. Change positions when you play so you play low notes and high notes. ...
4. Use dynamics by varying the volume of your playing.
5. Use bends, slides, and vibrato to enhance your solos.