I have another question regarding blues Impro.
I am quite familiar with scales (know the 5 positions for the blues and pentatonic scales, and 4 out of 7 of the major scale, and working on the other 3). I am also familiar on using arpeggios when soloing, even though I find them hard to learn.
However, I have one issue when improvising Blues.
A typical blues progression uses the following chords, in different orders:
I7 - IV7 - V7
When I play on the I7 chord I used to play on the blues scale (minor). I recently found out that I can also switch to major by using arpeggios (or chords, as you like to call them) or the pentatonic major, and that the passage between minor and major creates some interesting changes.
My issue is when I have to improvise over the IV7 and V7 chords. All I have to work with are the arpeggios. I cannot work over the blues scale anymore, as the notes don't seem to fit.
- The IV7 chord uses only 3 notes of the blues scale, and introduces a new one
- The V7 chord uses only 2 notes of the blues sclae, and introduces 2 new ones.
I can use those new notes to create good tension over the chord I am playing, that is fine. But what about passing notes. Which ones do I use? ones from the original blues scale? or ones from the myxolidian scales corresponding to the IV7 and V7 chords?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
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