Playing Over Changes for Guitar

So much good stuff to unpack here! The Studio discussion this morning was pretty amazing too! Thanks so much Chris!

Wow I really thought at first we went on a mode change but when you said it was G major I saw it right away. Great lesson really learned another. 👌 thanks Chris have been looking for the part 2.

Another great video with classic clarity and application. Thank you.

Great lesson! How do you know that the G maj scale will work in this progression over Am to D7??? Is there an easy way to think about this so I could use it for other keys??

Great lesson Chris, when you mentioned the chord progression was actually ii and V in G it all clicked. The overlay graphics with the note names really help. Thank you. After being stuck in a rut for a while this gives me something new to practice.

BLOOPERS YESSSSSSS😄

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing your sound advice!

You did it again. Need I say more besides thank you

Nice job. Thnks Chris. Is that a custom neck on your new SG? It has almost no tape back to the nut. You said you just got this and it's a killer color. But that neck doesn't look stock??

You are so good. I’d give a month of my life to know what you know. 🙌🏻

Thanks Chris. There is a lot of value in this lesson. Gave me a lot of ideas to practice, and made it really click.

Another awesome lesson! Ending a phrase on that F# over the D7 sounds very sweet! I would love for you to keep this series coming. I have learned so much from these two lessons already.

Damn. Excellent video.

Hello Chris. I'm wondering if there is a quick way to realize or visualize what you illustrated at around the 7 minute mark, that using the G maj scale would fit so nicely in playing over the change to the D7 chord ? It seems like quite a leap (for me at least) to make that connection while improvising a solo unless I had previously committed to memory that the G maj scale is yet another "tool" in my box to use for this particular chord change. Loving your lessons and your great teaching style !

Nice lesson Chris, which colour is that on the SG SPECIAL? Very nice.

Excellent video. Been so confused about this for years and you solved it!!!

This was great,,,,,, And thank you for recommending..

Question... Short of memorizing all the scale notes for major and minor in every key,,, Is there a trick to finding which scale??? In this example the relative Major to A minor would have been F#,, but you found G major to be the scale to be useful to hit both chords...

These scales are very familiar to me because the 3 note per string 7 positions are my "go to" when im just blasting over stuff.. Maybe im just lacking flavor.. My favorite style is like Randy Rhoads, Mixing the fast blazing scale work, with the melodic make the hair on the back of your neck while the guitar sings feel....

If I want to describe the style I hear myself playing,,, You would mix Styx & Journey with Ozzy & Iron Maiden with the feel of Neil Zaza.... Excruciatingly complicated to translate what I hear in my head to the fret board..

You are a great teacher Chris. You explain & demonstrate things, in an Easily digestible manner. Really enjoying your lessons. Appreciate it.

Fantastic lesson thanks 🙏🏼

how about soloing over two chords not in the same key? like A major to C major?

Your playing in this video was TASTY! Love it, the scale switching helps keep it way more fun and really opens up the fretboard

This sounds like an Albert Collins move with the song Frosty...when he targets the 6

Fantastic teaching method! In this lesson you covered concepts that I already knew, but your way of breaking it down adds another layer of clarity, of seeing how simple it really is. Well done!

this made me cry,
some people can play some people can teach but not everyone can explain things that make sense
regardless of your perceived abilities, skill level, you're truly a master in my mind. for the above reason

Thank you so much

This is really helpful, I’m gonna write it out in a notebook of all the diatonic chord notes to highlight when I practice over a backing track, awesome lesson!

I thought 'playing over changes' was about what to play over non diatonic chords like dominant 7th chords in an otherwise diatonic progression.

Great lesson! : )

This why they don't let you play baseball, sir. You knock it out the park every time.

The outtakes at the end!! I'm rolling.

I understand that we use the G major scale because it has all the notes of the A7 and D7 arpeggios and therefore it naturally works over those chords but we didn't have a G chord or anything in the mix so how would one know that in advance/on the fly in a real world situation which scale to play? Is it just because G is the 7th in the key of A so we would always use the major scale of the 7th of whatever key we are in?

Great lesson! I’ve been focusing on triads for over a year, but this is really a simple and clear approach.

Santana is happy ❤

What a great guitar.

Great lesson Chris. Your channel is one of my favorites.

I definitely use the question- what major scale do these chords come from? But then I name the mode. A Dorian- Then what are the color notes- the B and the F sharp- start with pentatonic then build from there. When it's a borrowed chord- I add that extra note or 2. To the scale. I love the a minor pentatonic plus the G major scale

Another great lesson Thanks

Thank you for a great lesson sir! Very clear.

Only recently discovered your channel and already I've made significant progress in trying to move out of the beginner/intermediate plateau I've been stuck on for years. Particularly your lesson on the circle of fifths. This is equally instructive, thank you. Also, that SG with the P90s is gorgeous.

Thank you so much

I'm loving the guitar changes between videos. My wife doesn't understand why we need 9 guitars..... But you guys do!

wow. surprising number of good ideas in this one video. thanks!

Thanks

Really excellent approach for players of all skill level. Thank you!

I needed this lesson 🎉

Duude ... finally that was enough.. good job

I’m a retiree just starting out and sorry to say I can’t find the 1st video you referred too. Could you provide the link? Thank you

I just found what I've been looking for years, somebody that actually shows how to improvise properly, Thank you