DM> Geez Judy,
 DM>           Thanks for going into so much detail on songwriting tips. I
 DM> have a few questions for you. Say you have a solo somehere over 7th
 DM> eg. maj7, min7. What would you use to solo over it, (scale,
 DM> harmonized major scale or what?) And when you where referring to the
 DM> "Hendrix" chord
 DM> were you referring to the E7#9 ? Anyway thanks for the tips.
Hey Daniel, the easiest way to that is to use modified scales.  This means
that use, for example, a regular pentatonic scale with a few different notes.
Obviously, you need to use the particular key to make it fit. Say you want to
solo over Amaj7 type of chord progession use a Lydian Modified Pentatonic
Scale which consists of (A,B,C#,E,E#).  It'll fit perfectly since a Amaj7
chord consists of (A,E,G,C#,G,A).  Plus it'll sound a little exotic.
Chad Szymanski
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