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Old 03-11-2017, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jp2558 View Post
I know the key of the song is G, but what scales other than G major are workable for this song? Our other guitarist will do the rhythm so I've been asked to learn the lead fills. I first tried mixolydian but couldn't tell if that was correct. I do know that the Dm pentatonic over ending works well but can't find much discussion for the fills during the song. Suggestions welcome. Thanks!
Jerry is pretty much living in G major on this one with the single exception of using the #4 passing tone (C# in the key of G) on the way up to the D in a few places (bar 2, beat 3 of the main solo on the studio recording is eighth notes B C C# D). But otherwise he's solidly in G major.
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