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Dcuny says in his post
"C D E (gap) G A (gap) C

The really cool thing is that every note of this scale is going to sound good over any of the triads in the scale of C Major, because you've gotten rid of the half-step dissonances. Some notes will sound better than others (depending on context), but you don't have to worry about hitting a "wrong" note. So you can wail over the chord changes and concentrate on the feel of the solo"

Say we take a country song in key of c major and one of the changes is C maj to F maj, is it ok then to play say a D note on the downbeat where the harmony is an Fmaj chord
in the song, or is it generally thought of as sounding better to have notes like D or G just as passing notes on the upbeat?

Thanks
Musiclover



I myself don't think that way when I'm playing. I do know what scale or mode I'm in and when I want to change but I don't think in the terms of how your question puts it.

I mostly listen. A lot of the time the "licks" etc. are being "sung" in my mind. In other words, I know where I'm headed before I get there. Not playing random licks etc. if you understand what I'm getting at.

If it sounds good it is good.

DTuna