Licks over chords

Soloing Over a Key

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

1. What notes can I play over a chord?
2. How do you improvise over chords?

What notes can I play over a chord?

This means you can play any scale over a chord, if that scale contains the root, 3rd and 7th of the chord. For example, you can use any scale with a C, E and B in it over a CMaj7 chord, even if it doesn't contain a G. There are two further complication: It's possible to omit notes; and.

How do you improvise over chords?

How to Improvise Over Unrelated Chords

1. Try to find one simple scale, chord, or set of pitches that work over all the chords. Or at least two or more chords in a row. ...
2. Take a short melodic fragment and sequence it. ...
3. Ignore the key center movement, simplify the progression, and pick a target key to resolve to.