Hmh this tune is actually more fun to solo over than I though
I didn't actually notice it when doing my solo, I just played heh. I noticed this just now when listened to xfinsterx's and dogman's solos.
I decided to do some small autopsy hehe. Here is how it is basically constructed. I think the first chord was D, hopefully my memory serves me right or else this is gonna be in a wrong key. I'm lazy and don't bother to get that crappy Yamaha from the case. Packed it away already heh..
So letsee:
part A) D - C - Bm - G | D - C - G - C-D-C-D
- Progression is V - IV - iii - I | V - IV - I - IV - V in G-major/e-minor
- Basically solo here G-major/e-minor
Part B) D - A - C - G | D - A - G - C-D-C-D
- Now here it gets a bit more interesing. That A isn't really a part of Gmajor scale. It should be Am instead of A. So you need to solo something else over that. Very natural choice would be A mixolydian or more exotic choise would be lydian (which are the 5th of the D major scale (mixo) or 4th of the E major scale (lydian). So basically just solo over that A chord a D major scale
) Otherwise it is again in G-major/e-minor.
Part C) A - A - G - C-D-C-D | D - C - Bm - G | D - C - G - C-D-C-D
- Same stuff as above.
Overall those D chords may be D mixolydians or D ionians (meaning solo Gmajor or Dmajor), depends what sound you want. "Theoretically" it should be mixolydian, but it if sucks play something else over it