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Originally Posted by hedzeppelin
Hey, John...whatever works for you is cool. I don't believe in all that music theory stuff, either. I don't read music, I totally improvise. However, knowing scales and chord construction has helped me expand my playing.
And yes, anything is possible in music. You can play anything that you want. If the key of the song is in "A" and you want to play the solo in
D#, it's totally possible.
However, how good will it sound?
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...actually though, you can play a solo in and A blues using either a Bb mixolydian or Bb major pentatonic against the IV chord as you walk down from the V into the turnaround. It's called a tritone substitution.
I know this has been discussed in other threads, but there is a balance here between theory and heart. I describe it as an artist choosing his colors and textures. If you know what you are doing you have choices about things to toss in. This is true for blues. It becomes much more important as you get into songs with more complicated structures. A good ear can take you far, but there are limitations and if you don't want to look and sound like a moron when the song zigs and you zag, it is good to understand what is going on so you can make the turn in the right way. True that sometimes mistakes can be pure genius, but in my experience, sometimes it just sounds BAD.
Mark