When soloing on a 12-bar,what different scales are suitable for each of the 3 chords?

Question

What I mean is,I use the 1m blues scale for the 1 chord,then going on to the 4 chord allows me to stay there or go to the 4m blues scale,but what other scales,not necessarily minor blues scales,can I use for each of the 3 chords?

conchobo,thanks for answering,the 1m means the minor blues scale of the first chord,so if I'm playing A,D and E it would be the Am blues scale i.e. ACDD#EGA.Hope this helps you to help me.

Answer 1

I've been playing music a long time, studied theory, even have a degree in music education.

I must say that I am unfamiliar with the term you are using "1m".

I'll bet I can help you if you can tell me what notes you mean in - say - the key of "C" ... or some other common frame of reference.

Edited to add:
Okay, that helps a lot. Yes, that is the blues scale - derived from the minor pentatonic.

Now, FIRST let me say that the blues scale (based on the tonality of hte tonic of the song) is fine as it is for most 3 chord blues pieces .... however ....

Depending upon taste and context, the MAJOR pentatonic can also be appropriate. For "A" it would be A B C# E F#

Moreover, you can blend these scales to hit major or minor thirds, 6ths or minor sevents, chromatic runs, major seconds, all over the place. You never need to think of it as playing a different scale for a different chord, only know what notes are present in the chord, and use the chord tones for emphasis.

Now - once you have learned all that ... all of the above and how to blend these major/minor tonalities ... and also have incorporated the dorian, lydian, mixolydian and major and minro scales into this ....

Forget it.

Forget all of it.

Learn only that blues is about feeling. And soloing - in ANY form of music is about the notes and the spaces in between the notes.

There are NO "wrong" notes. If you hit a note that is "wrong" - then play it again! Discover what it is about the tension that is cool.

Lastly, remember the most important rule of music theory - "if it sounds good, it is good". All the other rules are subserviant to that.

Answer 2

concho gave you a solid answer there - really solid. ☺

when referring to the minor scale in root position, and talking to "classically trained" musicians, if you use a lower case roman numeral 1 (i) they will know right away what you mean.

A 12 bar blues might look like:

i6 iv6 i6 I6 iv6 iv6
i6 i6 ii7 V7 i6 i6

where the lowercase romans are minor on the scale degree and the 6 means 1st inversion (not a jazz 6th chord).

just some thoughts

Answer 3

o.k. u don't need to switch keys of the scale when the chord in the progression changes. you will find that there are notes it the scale you are playing, that are in the scale of the next chord in the progression . take a listen to SRV if you got time he can teach you lots.

Answer 4

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