is it important to stick to the scale of a chord of a song to make a solo?

Question

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Answer 1

There are 2 approaches to take. One is to stick to the scale of the chord. As the rhythm guitar changes chords during a guitar solo, the lead guitar should also change scales to match those chord changes. The other approach is to play your solo in the scale of the key of the song. If the song is in the key of A, play an A scale no matter what chords are being played by the rythym guitar.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Very important is that your solo refelects the theme and not just wonders off. Music is a basic form of communication. Ideas and feelings are shared/communicated with the audience that it is played to.

If we talk and have nothing to say, speak rudely, or talk about issues that have nothing todo with the subject being discussed, no one listens or pays attention. The same is true with what we play. Every song has a story that the musician tries to play/communicate to the audience. The solo is also part of that story/theme, only the soloist is adding his/her views about it.

I cannot talk about the ARMY and you, about Europe History, at the same time. Neither can we play that way.