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Originally Posted by Dugal
My query with creating melodies from the chord of the moment is that not all notes from these chords will be in the key of the song. i.e. the melody will probably be out of key.
I guess this is already the case in blues (flat threes), but in the blues I've found that singers sing the flat threes of the one chord not the COTM.
So this is where my confusion lies for soloing with the COTM.
What I want to do is a big table of a key's chord notes and then see where the overlap is, so I can know which notes of non-I chords are part of the I chord scale.
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Hi, the quick answer is this: the chord tones are always in key.
By definition, if you are playing in one key, your harmony (i.e. chords) and melody all come from that key. In the key of C Major, C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, and Bdim consist entirely of notes from the C major scale.
If you are adding non-diatonic notes with a particular chord (like is done in blues), then your chord of the moment shows you the good notes over that non-diatonic section.
Hope that clarifies, if not, you may want to ask over at the
PT forum...
James