Guitar Chords: Soloing Over Major and Minor Chords

If you understand the minor pentatonic scale, Soloing over the guitar chords is not hard, play with force to your solo's with these uncomplicated but extremely effectual methods. Most guitarists begin with the minor pentatonic scale when determining to make solo. The problem is, they do not know how to use the scale to the fullest potentials.

I will reveal you a gentle direction to apply the pentatonic scale to solo over the two basic guitar chord types: Minor and Major chords.

1. Soloing Over the Major Chords
Major chords have their relative minor chords. Take the note three semitones (3 frets) under the root note of the major chord to get the 'relative' minor from the major chord on a guitar.

For instance: The root note of C major chord - is C. On a guitar, three frets below a C note is A note. Consequently, the relative minor of C major is A minor.
Therefore, you can apply the A minor pentatonic scale to solo over a C major chord, and that's how they are related. Advanced

*In A major chord - the root note is in the 5th fret of the 6th string. Three frets below the root of A is F#/Gb. Therefore to scale over an A major chord, you use an F#/Gb minor pentatonic .

*In B major chord - the root note is in the 7th fret of the 6th string. Three frets below the root of B is G# or Ab. Then to scale over a B major chord, you use a G#/Ab minor pentatonic.

*In D major chord - the root note is in the 5th fret of the 5th string. Three frets below the root of D is B. Then to scale over a D major chord, you use a B minor pentatonic.

*In E major chord - the root note is in the 7th fret of the 5th string. Three frets below the root of E is C#. Then to scale over an E major chord, you use a C# minor pentatonic.

*In F major chord - the root note is in the 8th fret of the 5th string. Three frets below the root of F is D. Then to scale over an F major chord, you use a D minor pentatonic .

*In G major chord - the root note is in the 3rd fret of the 6th string. Three frets below the root of G is E. Then to scale over a G major chord, you use an E minor pentatonic.

Apply them also to all sharp chords and flat chords. Sharp (#) means one fret higher and flat means (b) 1 fret lower.
For example: In A Major - 1 fret higher from it is A#, the relative minor is Gm.

2. Soloing Over the Minor Chords

Can you figure out what to do in soloing over the minor chords by looking back at the Major chords?
If you do, well done, I'm impressed.

Since Major chords have their corresponding relative minor chords, in Am use CM pentatonic scale.
In F#m use AM pentatonic scale. So, to solo over minor chords take three fret below its relative major chords.