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I’ve been away from the forum for a while as my wife was diagnosed with cancer last year so I’ve had to put ‘proper’ learning on the back burner for a while. Still have to really, but I’ve been keeping an eye on lessons and watching what I can.
The latest (EP269) is amazing and is right up my street so I’ve been trying to understand the theory of it some more. It just so happens I’ve also stumbled across the Andertons Rutbusters series – specifically episode 5 regarding the major scale and chords in the key. So I thought to test myself I’d apply what I thought I’d learned to EP269.
So… am I correct in thinking that all the chords used in EP269 (with the exception of the Bb) are in the key of C major and that the C major scale would work all the way through the piece? And I think when Brian gets to the Bb he plays two notes out of the chord rather than staying in the C major scale? Does that sound correct?
There is a section where on the F chord Brian hits two notes from the D shape F chord and these notes are also in the C major scale?
I think this is what I’m finding hard to get to that next level. I have to concentrate so hard to remember scale positions that I can’t process the upcoming chords to pick notes from them and all my improvisations end up like noodling up and down a scale.
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