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Hey all. Been playing guitar for like 8 months now, and I've got a theory question. I was watching yngwie's hot licks video the other day, and it has this section about playing to a chord progression. In this section, good 'ole yngwie sits there and solos without end to a given chord progression. After watching this, I realized it didn't explain anything! It just gave a chord progression and showed footage of yngwie soloing! Well how exactly does one make a well-rounded solo that fits to a chord progression? In my classical theory class, we were taught to just make the melody line with notes from whatever chord that's playing at each beat. But for someone like yngwie who does 6 trillion notes per solo, it seems kind of confining to stick to the notes of a triad. Are you just supposed to move around the chord diatonically? If so, what are the limits? What scale tones is it better to stick to? Thanks!