Hey there. Noobie here. Love the site but I'm a little lost with all of the content. I've been playing for almost 25 years on and off, mostly self taught and lots of books. Tons of tabs ect... Now I really want to learn the art & express myself with a good understanding of theory and what works ect...
So just a couple basic questions for now. For example if a simple piece is in the key of A with just a few standard or typical chord changes, lets say a I, IV, V, does that mean I can use an Am scale over the whole thing? Through all of the chord changes? I'm assuming that a major minor, pent, blues or whatever variation of scale is basically to preference. I'm just not sure of I need to be thinking of changing the Am scale to Dm scale with each I to IV chord change?
I'm just trying to keep it simple, I'm sure there are a million versions of an answer for that question but with the intent of memorizing fingering for the minor scale (root note A just happens to be the example) and improve memory of the intervals, 1st, second, flat 3rd ect... I'm hoping with some repetitive improvisation over a backing track I can get the scale across and along the fret-board memorized and then eventually just slide it up or down to change the tonic center or flatten/ sharpen notes of the intervals to change the flavor, like changing a flat 3 to just a 3 for a major sound or knowing to eliminate the 4th and 7th for a pent sound ect.
It seems most prefer to start with a memory of the major scale but I think it is more practical to my style to be working on a minor scale, the sound will fit together for me more intuitively. My last question is does anyone know where I can find a few simple backing tracks to loop in the rock/metal genre for practice or can someone make me one?
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