How do you improvise over major chords?

Soloing Over a Key

End your phrases on the root note. It will reinforce the key.
Listen for the notes that sound best over each chord.
Change positions when you play so you play low notes and high notes.
Use dynamics by varying the volume of your playing.
Use bends, slides, and vibrato to enhance your solos.

What can I play over a maj7 chord?

But it is still important to understand which key center the Lydian mode is related to. One more approach for a maj7(#11) chord is to play a minor pentatonic a half step down from the root of the chord. So if we are playing a Cmaj7(#11) chord we would play a B minor pentatonic scale over top of it.

How do you improvise over a major 7th chord?

Over a C major 7th chord, use a C major scale (also know as the Ionian mode).

Over a Cmaj7 chord, use the C major Bebop scale.
Use the B blues scale over a Cmaj7 chord.
Use the B Locrian mode.
With your new knowledge, take these and use them to improvise over major seventh chords.

What scales solo over major chords?

Bars 7-9 | Eb Major Use the Eb major scale over this chord progression.

Can you play minor pentatonic over a major chord?

Yes, you can play minor pentatonic over major chords and chord progressions… if it sounds good. Ultimately, let your ears be the judge of what you can and can’t do.

What is Lydian mode in music?

The modern Lydian mode is a seven-tone musical scale formed from a rising pattern of pitches comprising three whole tones, a semitone, two more whole tones, and a final semitone.

What is improvising on piano?

It means that you break beyond simply playing each chord once per bar (or once per beat) and playing through a melody over the top, and instead start bringing real musical style to your improvisations. A lead sheet challenges you to think of how you want the song to sound – and then make it happen.

Can you play a minor scale over a major chord?

Yes, you can play a minor scale over a major chord because every major scale has a relative minor and vice versa. C major is relative to A minor since both contain the same notes (C D E F G A B). The minor relative of a major scale is the 6th.