short solo / solo strategies

[Heres2charlie]

I don't have much soloing experience, but I'm best at 12 bar structures, repeats of 4, building up and climaxing. I have alot of trouble with short solos, like the 16 bar one I had to take yesterday over two bars each Dm, Gm, C, A repeating once. Seemed that my regular blues style wasn't working out. Anyone know any other strategies like the one i said, or maybe what mode I should use with this chord progression?

Andrew
Boston

[DocBop]

This is more of a what to play not how to play question this type of stuff is talked about all the time in the General forum.

I would post over there and give more details about what you were trying to solo with over those chords. Which Blues scale for which chords. I imagine you had trouble with the Blues scale for the major chords. It can be done, but you have to know which Blues scale or better yet use the Major pentatonic and add some Blue notes.

If like most rockers learning to solo you are used to just hammering on one key center, but this progression that won't work.

Post in General area.

[KayCee]

Originally Posted by Heres2charlie

I don't have much soloing experience, but I'm best at 12 bar structures, repeats of 4, building up and climaxing. I have alot of trouble with short solos, like the 16 bar one I had to take yesterday over two bars each Dm, Gm, C, A repeating once. Seemed that my regular blues style wasn't working out. Anyone know any other strategies like the one i said, or maybe what mode I should use with this chord progression?

Andrew
Boston

Okay, assuming that this song's key (or "key of the moment") is D minor here:

As a start, I would suggest that you look at the first three chords in D natural minor tonality. (D aeolian, G dorian, C mixolydian).

The A (let's call it A7) is the primary dominant in D minor, not the modal phrygian V chord. My first choice would be to use A "phrygian major" (spelled A, Bb, C#, D, E, F, G). Thus, it's an A7(b9) chord.

Those are the notes anyway. I'd have to hear the song to understand the musical context.