How To Solo Over Chord Changes | Lesson | Thomann

Do you also want to sound smart on guitar and solo smoothly over chord changes?
Kris and Guillaume will show you where to start if you want to learn how to play over chord changes!
Do you have any tips for learning to play over changes? Let us know in the comments!
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[@TheFeatalion]

Play D-dorian over Dm and G-mixolydian over G and after some time you will realise that they both have the same notes (derived from C major), but different accents.

[@ericwarrington6650]

The honesty is refreshing you guys..lol..love it..I'm trying to learn and there's been alot that has clicked..no substitute to just playing and finding your way

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

So cool man, thanks! //Kris

[@bootstrap_69]

You two guys are just awesome!! Now at an older age, I’m finally trying to play this phenomenal instrument. The mojo you two have, the info, the tones, the sounds and the humor just always hit the spot. Keep on going like this, always enjoying every second of it all💯🤘🏻

[@hearpalhere]

You guys played great together and I love your humor too (both of you)! I would also point out for some chord progressions, you'd be in a way forced to play the changes if the underlying chords are unrelated. In this example, the Dm and the G are in the same key so playing the same scale over both will work. However, if you have chords that are not in the same key, playing the same scale over both might sound really jarring. In those situations, you'd naturally feel the urge to play something different over both chords to avoid hitting some sour notes.

[@SombraDeLaMosca]

I'm not even able to think it's myxolydian, lydian or "alien" made me spill my wine =) Thanks guys, that was entertaining and I loved your refreshing honesty

[@paulhunter3247]

This was super guys! Looking forward to the video course!! :) How about a video on embellishing the scales please? The little hammer-ons, trills etc that you both used so admirably during this video.

[@alexousky]

That was indeed so inspiring and interesting ! Too late to grab my guitar but will try that tomorrow for sure 😊 thanks guys 🙏

[@jasondanio6259]

Thumbs up was already incoming but the eagle fly-by assured it. Loved the video.

[@martonjancsak]

Love the intro!

[@melaniemeinhardt5764]

Love this . I'd like to see more guitar lessons with you two 👍🎸

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thank you so much Melanie, there will be more :) //G

[@figueroa661]

Love the video! Thanks for stripping away the pretense surrounding this subject and making it all about freedom and expression.

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

So glad to hear that Irving! We loved making this one. Cheers //Kris

[@ArvidNielsen]

I agree, theory is good to know. Same goes for reading music. They are tools, that can come in handy in many ways. First and last, though, come our ability to hear and make musical decisions.

[@jefsonromaniuc8239]

You guys are simply amazing. Just for the record, you do have brazillian fans. I'm one of them.

[@idonotcomplyrevolution]

eric johnson always says, never hit a root/3rd or 5th note on chord/key changes, aim for the 6th/7th or 9th for a smooth transition. i think hes right to get that seemless flow.

[@salzulli6290]

Unless you're trying for a more rigid movement. Hitting a root when you're trying to make it sound natural isn't usually a good idea unless it's a resolve, but hitting it when you're playing funk is a must, at least part of the time.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

When i was taught. I was always told that the easiest way to do it was knowing the root note of any chord being played. So long as you know where the root of the note starts you cant go far wrong. And even if you do go wrong and recover, it will possibly sound more experimental more than anything because youre still working within the same chord when it comes to shapes and patterns. Root note is like a beacon. You can go crazy with your solos and run your fingers all over the neck like an octopus but you'll still know where you are and when/how to recover is totally up to you and the music itself, Phrasings, voicings blah blah blah... Just have fun. I think Guthrie Govan uses the same technique. I vaguely remember him talking about it in one of his tuition videos on youtube. (root notes, chord shapes and scales/scale patterns)

[@impossivel2006]

I'll be doing this for the next 6 years

[@zettepix2009]

Cool. The Telecaster sounded great, by the way.

[@rallereloaded2180]

aaaaand another very interesting and motivating video. Could you please jsut never stop producing that stuff?

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

We’ll give our best. 😅 Thanks so much Ralle! //Kris

[@scobian80]

Awesome video as usual guys. Very helpful for noobs like me

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks man glad you enjoyed it! //G

[@sajisguitar]

It would have been cool if you replaced G Major chord to G7, for G Mixolydian scale, which will emphasize the dominant 7th, which is really cool. Nice work guys. Post more videos like this.!!!

[@opatheguitarist2197]

Another great video, tell Guillaume to stop it, he’s a great guitarist. Still the best duo on KZbin. 🤘🏻❤️🤘🏻

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it :) //G

[@caprise-music6722]

One great tip to make nice melody lines is to play on only one string. Or two. Love the video

[@ilmisxx2]

or sing them and then try to figure them out on a guitar

[@MurrayWilliams]

I know modes are the “proper” way of understanding how you are following the changes but what would be more helpful is what scale are you playing? Are you switching from a G major scale to a D minor scale? Are you only playing a G scale but avoiding certain notes that don’t fit the chord? Break the technically correct naming and tell us the scales. Then we can backtrack and figure out the mode name and the correct music school nomenclature. This is what is left out when explaining this. Hope that makes sense.

[@SombraDeLaMosca]

He played a Dmin pentatonic (d,f,g,a,c,d) and adds the notes b and e (b is important!) for the Gmaj part, hope this helps =)

[@MurrayWilliams]

@@SombraDeLaMosca sort of but it doesn’t address the heart of my question. Do you shift to a different scale per chord? Do you stay in the same key/scale but add accidentals? If that’s true, isn’t that playing a different scale?

[@MurrayWilliams]

Thank you @@toonz9971! This is AMAZING and THIS never seems to be explained. This makes sense … it’s really about the target notes in the same set of notes.

[@ericwarrington6650]

Both very much professional...lol..call it what you will but super talented musicians

[@idonotcomplyrevolution]

hehe he looks so scared when you mentioned mixolydian mode lol, but mixolydian + rock(and possibly some dodgy consumables) = Doors.

[@scobian80]

Could you guys share about playing melody and soloing without a pick? I notice you play everything fingerstyle

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

You can play everything the same way with fingers as with a pick as long as you don’t want to start shedding. 😅 I got into this because I was too lazy to search for my pick. Haha! As soon as you get used to it it feels very natural and you start discovering the different sounds you can get with your fingers. Cheers //Kris

[@fraenkiboii]

The only thing I still don't get: When you added the Gmajor for the first time, Kris immediately said that the scale you'd use after the change from Dminor to Gmajor is G mixolydian to play over the Gmajor. I'm not gonna go as far as to ask "why?", because it probably has some good reasons based on music theory. But: Question 1.) Is G mixolydian the only scale that would fit? Question 2.) If the answert to (1) is no, what else would fit and Question 3.) Why not simply the Gmajor scale? I mean Kris talks about modes at the end. I'm just asking myself does it have to be one of those "exotic" modes or can I just use the major scale for starters?

[@crawltochina]

That information is indeed missing.

[@dunukesd]

You can’t play G major scale, because G major scale has an F#; not an F. The key is D minor and D minor scale does not have an F# and it will sound odd (unless it’s transient) and you’ll have to use F instead. G major scale with F# replaced with F is G Mixolydian. Personally, I think the simplest approach is to see this as D Dorian (same notes as C major scale). Both D minor and G major chords fit in there and they are both diatonic chords of D Dorian. Try soloing on D Dorian (C Major, but coming home to D (root)). Basically, when you hear a I minor and a IV major, it’s very much likely Dorian. If you excuse my shameless plug, in this video I do exactly that from 1:40 to 2:12: solo over D Dorian on alternating D minor and G major kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooHTqayMlpynZ9E

[@PooNinja]

Ok now playing chord changes under solos? Is that a thing? If only I could read! I know more about traffic circles than I do the circle of 5ths! 😖

[@PooNinja]

FYI that’s not the sound an eagle makes.

[@countblue]

The stuff you do at 8:10 that myxo....whatever it is called. Thats Peter Greens thing. Its what Peter used a lot. Not only him of course but he wold be one example. But of course you did know that anyways beforehand. ;-)

[@ronniboi312]

I heard Dave Gilmour, but... influences..??? Good video, makes you want to think outside the box

[@fahrenheit1982]

Well you will find a lot of myxolidian in blues and rock music like Kris said. Dorian is used a lot by Santana. The phrygian mode is used in metal and so on... It's interesting to see who is using which mode and when :)

[@fredmarquis1105]

Maybe a new video idea for you , jam in an artist or style vibe with différents gears etc :) gg guys

[@valebliz]

Why go straight to the modes though? There's a lot of playing on chords changes that doesn't involve modal harmony as far as i know.

[@edgeofsanity9111]

minor, phrygian and locrian are superior change my mind

[@andreasibanez9260]

Thats great.....one good player with theorie background and one good player who plays by ears....and it shows very good the pro and contras. There should be more videos like that. fact: if you know the theorie it makes something easier. Mark Knopfler saying it too, in an Interview....."In Studio or with Studio Musicians it could be easier if you know the theorie" (Not exactly his words)....because he did not know Theorie ;)

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Thanks a lot Andreas! //Kris

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Hmmmm...Mixolydian 🤔...hört sich an wie tapetenkleister 😄

[@beitvoor]

they allways try to do funny

[@michaeldorrenbacher8977]

if you want to learn the modes you should absolutely look for ‚signals music studio’ on yt. brillant and totally understandable!