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What to do, what to do with these 3x A minor tracks - two of the 12 bar blues...how about some new licks or a change of scale(s)?

3 easy licks - pretty well laid out from Musicradar

From a surprisingly useful post on StackeExchange of all places...

In short: you can play an A min blues scale over the entire song if you want, but it certainly isn't wrong to stray from A min when playing over the minor blues.

On the iv chord, some of the most common alternatives would be the D dorian minor scale or the D minor blues scale. You might also hear a D melodic minor scale used.

On the v chord, some popular choices are the E natural minor (also known as E aeolian minor, which contains a C) and the E minor blues scale. Another option would be to play E phrygian, which can lead nicely to A natural minor. Alternatively, you can treat the Em7 chord as an E7alt chord (make a chord substitution) and play E altered scale or an E phrygian dominant scale:

And, don't forget Evo's face ripper of a thread - the over-simplified tl:dr version of it is - plan your solo, break it down into chunks based on the underlying chords and then string it together into an expression that communicates something.

Happy jammin peeps!

    Oops, almost missed that challenge ^^
    I always checked the Off-Topic - Competitions section for the starting shot 😀
    Nice try, but finally I've found this thread and will contribute my tootling again 🤣

    Meticus Nice try, but finally I've found this thread and will contribute my tootling again 🤣

    I admit to nothing! 😬 Excellent, I know Warren is feeling up to it, All 3 are in A minor - so I've no excuses to try something, it's literally the only key I can try and solo in 😝

      Unfortunately there was not much time to invent a German bagpipe tune and practice enough for the challenge, because tomorrow is Good Friday and German neighbours are very niggling when it comes to noise on holidays 😀
      So I took my acoustic guitar and plucked some strings 😄
      No icepicky pipes this time, I hope nobody is disappointed 😅

      @Yeti and @Stoffeltoo would you mind if I upload our songs to my YouTube channel as well? :-)

      So... I jammed something to all three...

      Juventis' Togs Loop

      This one was pretty funky to jam along to.

      V8 - Rocking House Loop

      This one was challenging... Also was challenging to get it semi EQ'd so you can hear the backtrack and what I was trying to jam over it.

      Lockin Back Track

      Groovy type thing. I tried to take some inspiration from Chuck Berry type stuff.

      And in the nick of time... Learning from the Pridge here 🙂

      Ok my entry, Lockin Backtrack, enjoyed it a hellavalot. Oh recorded on my cellphone and I played on an acoustic, effects by bandlab, both tracks slightly panned left and right each, no doubling. Cheers and good luck

      Stoffeltoo I literally played until I had blisters... lol.

      They were all so different from the kind of stuff I come up with when I compose so I really wanted to push and get something done for each of them to force myself to think a bit differently about the melody lines and stuff.

          Stoffeltoo With Pleasure

          Yeti of course not. Just drop us yhd link when you do.

          Ok, thx 😀
          Here are the links...
          If you want me to add any references to your website(s) (YouTube, SoundCloud, homepage, ...) please let me know and I will add it to the video description.

              warrenpridgeon So... I jammed something to all three...

              Stoffeltoo Ok my entry, Lockin Backtrack, enjoyed it a hellavalot.

              Nice tracks 😀 Severe competition, as always 😃
              @warrenpridgeon very diligent, one track for every Easter holiday 😁

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