Ok, yeah phrasing is something that has to be developed. In the natural minor over a major, I think your looking to deep for notes in the scale that will be off with the chord progression. You say the A minor chord in the chord progression I wrote will sound wrong. Take the notes of the C minor pent and the two different are the b3 and the b7. The b3 is the diminished 5th of an A minor chord, or the blues note. The b7 is a minor 2nd of A, but this tone doesn't sound bad over a minor chord because it is phrygian note (similar minor tonality). Also, in reharmonization wouldn't the A minor chord be a sensible substitute for the C major chord??

[Edited by noticingthemistake on 02-17-2004 at 10:03 AM]