Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonFind the root of the song. For instance, if the chords are "C-F-G-C" or something, odds are that song is in C major. So play the Cmajor scale. Then, if you want to incorporate arpeggios, you can do the arps from the various diatonic chords of Cmajor. C, Am, Dm, Em, F, G, etc.

ok, i don't know what you mean by various diatonic chords. i'm assuming that those are just a bunch of other chords whose arpegios work well with a c chord. is there a way to find diatonic chords for chords that aren't a c major? sry if my question doesn't make sense.