D minor G minor F major A major scale?

[Raining Notes]

Greetings

I have been playing allot of chord progressions and scales lately, the latest one is D minor G minor F major A major. Would anyone know what scale to play over this chord progression? I can't work it out.

Cheerio

[stanron]

Try D harmonic minor.

[JonPR]

Originally Posted by Raining Notes

Greetings

I have been playing allot of chord progressions and scales lately, the latest one is D minor G minor F major A major. Would anyone know what scale to play over this chord progression? I can't work it out.

Cheerio

You play the "D minor key" scale, which has both C and C# at different times.
You can give the scale different names if you like - "D natural minor" (D E F G A Bb C) and "D harmonic minor (D E F G A Bb C#) - but they are not really different scales, just one scale where you change a note as you need to.
In this case, you'd use the C# on the A chord and the C on the F chord.
The Dm and Gm don't contain either C or C#, so you could use either - just decide by ear which you like.

[Raining Notes]

Great I understand this now and will record the background and try playing using the D minor and harmonic minor

[SunnyDee]

Originally Posted by Raining Notes

Greetings

I have been playing allot of chord progressions and scales lately, the latest one is D minor G minor F major A major. Would anyone know what scale to play over this chord progression? I can't work it out.

Cheerio

This is a really useful tool for finding scales and such based on the chords or notes you already have.
http://scottdavies.net/chords_and_scales/music.html

[FwL]

I'd use D natural minor over the first three chords and switch to D harmonic minor over the A chord.

One thing you can do if you're unsure of what scale(s) to use over a given progression is to hit each chord with it's own major or minor pentatonic scale. It's not always the best choice of notes, but it will do in a pinch.

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[Trevor B.]

You can get some wonderful licks by combining D natural minor with the D pentatonic. And with the F chord preceding the A chord you can maximize the impact of the C♮ to C#!