Originally Posted by
MichaelW
Hi all. I've been learning this tune and would like some help with regards soloing over it.
I understand the concept of improvising around the melody and am comfortable with that but am scratching my head a bit about how to play more freely over the chords.
I get that it is essentially in A but what happens when it goes to the G chord? People seem to use A minor pentatonic lines over that chord, and it does indeed work, but I'd like to better understand why. Is it simply moving between A major and A minor?
I appreciate that understanding the theory behind these tunes doesn't necessarily make your playing any better, I'm just genuinely interested.
Thanks
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