MaggaraMarine

What? I'm pretty sure I know my theory better than you. The wording of your question was confusing to me. But you should listen to the chords behind your solo and choose what scales (or notes) you are going to use.


Yeah... The melodies will fit those scales. You need more ear training. The scale is a collection of (usually) seven notes so just learn how each note sounds over a chord. Then you remember that "the fourth note in this scale sounds like this and the melody that I hear in my head starts with the fourth note." When you hear a melody, you might hear that it fits a certain scale. But the chords you are playing over makes it sound very different. For example play the same thing over one chord or a progression. That's why it's important to know what chords you are playing over: They change how the melody you are playing sounds like.

If you want to play what you hear in your head, start with slow, simple melodies. Again, it's about ear training and recognizing the intervals in your melody.

What I meant with my last post was that don't change scales if the melodies you hear in your head don't change scales. It sounds like you are playing "random" notes from those scales and that's why "connecting" them is hard. That's why you should listen to the chords and try to land on the chord tones. That will help. Think about how you want it to sound like and how you can make it sound like that. The key is to listen to how your playing sounds like. If you don't want to hear "the sound of phrygian dominant scale", then don't play that scale. All of the notes you want to play might fit just one scale, for example harmonic minor that's used a lot in neo classical.

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