Chords for Soloing Over What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey guys, this is Rick at Tasty Guitar.
Today we're gonna be working on soloing over one of the most popular
important soul tunes of all time, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.
Now typically there's a couple sections of the song that people will solo over.
You'll either choose to solo over the verse section,
which is kind of a E major [B] 7 to a C [E] sharp minor 7,
_ or the bridge section, which will be [Am] the A minor
[A] to kind of the A over B
sound.
And [Am] that is the section that we are gonna be working on soloing over today.
Just two chords in the progression.
That A minor 7, we're gonna use [B] A [E] Dorian.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ When we go to that [A] A over B, or you can think of this as a B 7sus11,
_ we will use B Mixolydian.
_ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [B] _
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_ Now one of the [F#] most important things you need to learn how to do when starting to play over chord changes is to learn to
play over the chords in one position.
So when I'm gonna play over this A minor, I'm gonna pretty much stick around this position.
_ When I'm gonna [G] switch to that B, I'm gonna stay in the same position, just shifting my scale a little bit.
What I'm not gonna do is jump up, say, to this seventh fret position where I'd be more comfortable there.
I'm gonna stay in the same position,
forcing myself to play over both chords.
So I'm gonna demonstrate this approach by playing a really simple little phrase [Am] over the A minor,
maybe just three or four notes out of that A Dorian scale.
When it comes time to change chords,
I'm gonna find which notes are common to both scales,
stay on a couple of those, and then maybe find a new note in the new scale.
But I'm not gonna shift up a whole different position or come up with a completely different idea yet.
We're gonna see what's common for both scales and try to make it work. _ _ _ _ _
Okay, so over this A minor, I chose a few notes here. _
_ _ I'm gonna go to the B now,
[B] _
_ _ _ take the note that is from the new scale that works over that B7. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ So between these two chords, I only had to change one note to make it work.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
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Back to the A minor.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ This time I changed from that G natural to the G sharp of that B Mixolydian.
Okay, _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ so once you've worked on this a little while and you feel that you're comfortable enough making the changes in one position,
[G#]
then shift it up and go to the next position.
So make sure you know A Dorian
_ _ here _ [E] _
[C] _ and
B Mixolydian [F#] _ [G#] and _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ then practice [C] making the changes in that position and
continue this concept all the way up or down the neck until you feel that you're really comfortable
[E] playing these changes, shifting scales in each position.
All right.
Now [B] I'm just gonna jam over these chords a little bit, trying to stay in one position
each time I'm trying to do the changes and then moving up to the next.
[Am] _ _ Keeping it simple.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [A] Shifting up now.
[Am] _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ [A] Shifting up [Am] again. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
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_ _ _ _ _ All _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ _ [E] right guys, thank you so much for stopping by today and checking out how to solo over What's Going On by Marvin Gaye.
An amazing tune and a really good practice to start trying to move between these two scales,
Dorian and Mixolydian over these chords.
So as I said, just start simple, keep it in one position, learn both modes in one position,
try to find common tones between both scales and then just shift a little bit,
adding a new note for the new chord.
Once you feel confident enough in one position,
then shift up to the next position and learn it there.
After a while, you'll have the whole neck mastered and be able to shift between these two scales with confidence.
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This has been Rigg.
Thank you. _ _