soloing to Am, F, C, G

[pennyanmurph]

I'm still pretty confused over music theory, and I'm wondering what scales to start with to solo with a Am, F, C, G chord progression. I tried reading about it, and it made some sense, but I'm still kind of lost. Thanks a lot.

[ren]

you need diatonic harmony:

C Major for this example - the notes in a C Major scale are C D E F G A B and back to C. The chords in the key of C major are:

C Dm Em F G Am Bdim - the progression is always the same, even though the notes will change if you're in another key.

With that in mind, all the chords you list are in the Key of C major, so you could play any mode of C major throughout and it would work. However, as the progression starts with Am, I'd probably be thinking about playing A Aeolian (natural minor)...

I Hope that helps...

[Trinivalts]

I got an E7, G, A), in funky rhythm, plus an E7, C7, A7

[ren]

I got an E7, G, A), in funky rhythm, plus an E7, C7, A7

Hmmm... you won't find all those chords in a single key unless you're substituting in the dominant sevenths, which strictly speaking only occur on the fifth degree of the parent scale. Ignoring the sevenths, the E G A & C all occur in the G major scale, so it might be worth playing with that, or a mode of it...

Pentatonics are generally safe over dominant seventh chords, and Mixolydian works well too - you might need to jump about on this one, and have a read up on secondary dominants - here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_dominant)

[Fret spider]

A Aolia is a good place to start.

as well as A minor pentatonic.

a quick tip try to play notes in the chords you are playing over. especially when the chords change. like play a c when the c majour chord is played the first time, or the G when the Gmajour is played. just remeber ro play other notes as well.

[pennyanmurph]

Thanks a lot for the help. It definitely gave me some ideas to start with, so hopefully I'll be able to do something with it.