Need new fuel for my leads!

[fuzzbox]

As many of our songs are Major progressions I'm starting to lose creativity and inspiring phrases. Out of ideas, probably cause I'm sick of them. I feel I play the same thing on every tune. Typical I IV progressions all start to sound like some Lynyrd Skynyrd maj pentatonic lines. Minor is always "easier" to feel and I don't repeat my self, but Major always require melodies instead to not sound scale like. I dunno, but for a while now I just hate taking all them solos in Major. Any good ideas on new thinking strategy?

[HHB]

yeah, use the relative minor, if you playing in A major, think F#M and go to town, this is the easiest way to loosen up those major sounds

[fuzzbox]

Originally posted by HHB
yeah, use the relative minor, if you playing in A major, think F#M and go to town, this is the easiest way to loosen up those major sounds Yeah, but that's the trap. Thats why it sound like all southern rock Skynyrd/ABB!

[HHB]

oh, I see. try playin over the changes more, mix in the third of whatever chord your playing w/ the major pent. sclae. Also , try using mixolydian in place of the major pentatonic

[Tom Gross]

If you think about it from a diatonic tip, there are 3 minor tonalities related to a major key - the ii, the iii, and the vi. So you can go 3 frets down from the root, 2 frets up from the root, or 4 frets up from the root, and find some places to do minor stuff.
For example, in D major, you've got B min, E min, and F#min. Now for each of these, you can play minor triads, min7 arpeggios, and minor pentatonics.

Just something to try.

[sws1]

Originally posted by Tom Gross
If you think about it from a diatonic tip, there are 3 minor tonalities related to a major key - the ii, the iii, and the vi. So you can go 3 frets down from the root, 2 frets up from the root, or 4 frets up from the root, and find some places to do minor stuff.
For example, in D major, you've got B min, E min, and F#min. Now for each of these, you can play minor triads, min7 arpeggios, and minor pentatonics.

Just something to try.

Does that mean I can play B min pentatonic against a D?

[HHB]

yep, B minor pentatonic is the same group of notes as D major pentatonic, if you play B minor pent over D, you'll have that southern rock country sound he's trying to get away from,

[Mark C]

Try some chromatic notes.
Utilize the minor 3rd to major 3rd, diminished fifth to perfect fifth and minor seventh to major seventh.

Try listening to some hot country players to hear some of these ideas. Through a cranked up amp, they sound cool for playing rock over a Lynrd Skynrd style setting.

[sws1]

Originally posted by HHB
yep, B minor pentatonic is the same group of notes as D major pentatonic, if you play B minor pent over D, you'll have that southern rock country sound he's trying to get away from,

Now that you answered the question, I realized that I already knew that. Boy, what a dumb question. I must have misread your original post.

[HHB]

my posts are confusing, my mind races beyond my typing skills , so I'm sure I'm confusing as hell LOL