What Chord Progression gos with Blues Scale, Key of A minor

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What Chord Progression gos with Blues Scale, Key of A minor..
I want something that sounds soulfll and bluesy I play guitar
I searched on the net already I found this cool scale what chords
go under it as a backing track while I play that scale??
thanks for helping me!
 
Too extensive and needs theory but for starters try the following:
This is using A minor in the key of C and works off a blues scale.

use an A minor - A C E
play the seventh- G A C E (using the route as well)
play the ninth- A Bb A C E
play the 13th- A C E F
play the 4th sus with or without the 3rd- A C C# E

Good luck as these are very basic and are jazzy, but really you need to learn theory.
 
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This is using A minor in the key of C
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i believe you have just rewritten music theory!


well done

the word you are looking for is MODE!

PEACE
 
tankzappa said:



i believe you have just rewritten music theory!


well done

the word you are looking for is MODE!

PEACE
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A Natural Minor A.K.A A Aeolian is a mode of C major
 
You could go with the standard I, IV, V progression in A major. Blues scales are considered minor scales, but are often forced over major progressions giving it that soulful, bluesy sound you are looking for.

I = A(A, C#, E) add G for a 7th chord
IV = D(D, F#, A) add C
V = E(E, G#, B) add D

Playing 7th chords will give it a little more flavor.
 
thanks

I went for Am Em Dm it gave it a real spanish quality to it
then I played the A minor scale over it oddly some of the notes in the scale did not sound right on top of the minor chords
but some sounded great!!!!!!! so I edited out the notes that sounded wrong and kept the rest
 
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associatez said:
I went for Am Em Dm it gave it a real spanish quality to it
then I played the A minor scale over it oddly some of the notes in the scale did not sound right on top of the minor chords
but some sounded great!!!!!!! so I edited out the notes that sounded wrong and kept the rest
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Try the blues scale over A, D, & E MAJOR chords. This should sound more bluesy, less Spanish. But if you like what you got, keep it.

My guess would be that the Db sounded wierd because it doesn't belong to any of the minor chords you used. It doesn't belong to the major chords I suggested either, but the flattened 3rd(C), flattend 5(Db), and flattened 7th(G), all in the blues scale, over major chords are what give it that bluesy flavor.

Dropping the Db from the A blues scale would give you the A minor pentetonic scale which is a good sound as well. That would be a minor blues.

I've never played the blues scale over a minor progression before. I'll have to try it and see how that sounds. Spanish, huh?
 
IT SOUNDED NICE

as I said the progression of Am Dm and Em sounded spanish
then with the blues Minors over it sounded kinda country and blues so like I said some notes sounded sour (my term for not sounded correct) but most of the notes of the scale sounded pretty cool..i would like to add a bass line under this but im dumb at music theory so if some genius could tell me a few notes under the chords Am Dm and Em would sound good I would be most happy
 
For a jazz and swing feel, try using A-b7 (A in bass, C, E, Gb, B). You could make it a minor blues, with a resolution to Falt7 to an E7b9.
 
Bassline

Over the minor chord progression, you could use any of the notes in the A minor scale. Over the major chord progression you could use the A major scale.

To simplify it, you could use the A minor pentatonic and A major pentatonic scales to create your bassline.

To simplify it ever more, stick to the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th of the scales.

The simplest option would be to use the root and one other note mentioned above. Some of the most memorable basslines consist of only 2 notes.

Keep in mind that while you may use notes outside of the scales to add flavor when writing melody lines, in urban music, basslines tend to stick to the diatonic notes... unless the bass player is doing a solo.
 
for this scale:
A C D D# E G

this chord change is tight:

A-9 F13

Aminor 9:

play only 4th thru 1st string

bar on 5th fret

press down pinky on 7th fret

F13:

(same four strings)

index finger on 7th fret d string
bar middle finger on g and b strings, 8th fret
pinky on 10th fret e string

try it out
 
Drop the blues scale soon though dude — Blues scales sound cheesy to many jazz musicians, and they (or we) use them sparingly. Learn more scales, and practice them, so that you can combine them with a little bit of blues scale. Then (almost) any progression will sound good! Some other easy scales that sound (in my opinion) better than blues scales:

Chromatic - HHHHHHHH... (there is just one to learn :) )

Whole Tone - easy it's just WWWWWW

If you want a "jazzy" feel without using blues scale (I hate how when most people think of jazz they think of something overusing blues scales haha):

Mixolydian - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7b (like a dominant chord)

Dorian - 1 2 3b 4 5 6 7b (like a minor Mixolydian)

Bebop scale - Mixolydian with both flat and natural 7; this one plays easy and rhythmically because of the number of notes it has.

Use alot of II-V-I progressions with these (major II-V-I that is; II-7, V7, I maj 7)

Later you can learn the rest of the modes and minor II-V-I, but it goes on and on and on after that.
 
Bezo said:
You could go with the standard I, IV, V progression in A major. Blues scales are considered minor scales, but are often forced over major progressions giving it that soulful, bluesy sound you are looking for.

I = A(A, C#, E) add G for a 7th chord
IV = D(D, F#, A) add C
V = E(E, G#, B) add D

Playing 7th chords will give it a little more flavor.
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pls explain a little bit here
 
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