How to solo over a chord that’s OUT OF KEY

Course: Advanced Arpeggios & Licks for Lead Guitar

In this video

Songs often feature a chord that is out of key. This can happen in the most basic of songs. It's important to know what to do when the scale from the key of the song no longer works.

Music and songs can often feature a chord that is out of key i.e. a non diatonic chord. This can happen in the most basic of songs

It's important to know what to do when the scale from the key of the song no longer works. The solution is to always follow the chord i.e. play notes from the arpeggio of the chord you're playing over.

Next Up: When in doubt - follow the chord!

Well done! Let's jump into the next lesson of the course.

Your choice regarding cookies on this site
We use video cookies to embed videos, audio cookies to embed music players, analytical cookies to improve our website, marketing cookies to improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive, payment cookies to process payments, and necessary cookies to enable core functionality.