Chord Possibilities

Major, Melodic and Harmonic scales


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we'll plot the scale possibilities of Asus2 with the chord possibilities chart

in "Sweet Child O`mine" by Guns`n Roses

Slash uses E Harmonic Minor over Asus2 for 2 bars

in this great guitar solo

deciding which scale to play is a simple task

when we have the charts


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can you find the keys that Asus2 appears in?

lets do it

Asus2 uses 1 2 5 remember that the 2 is also a 9

they appear in major scales, in these positions


only chords in these positions can become sus2s

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major scales mixolydian patterns

they are here in harmonic minor scales

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only chords in these positions can become sus2s

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harmonic minors


they are here in melodic minor scales

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only chords in these positions can become sus2s

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melodic minors


now we can see that for Asus2 we could use the following scales


A Major G Major E Major C Major D Major

A Harmonic Minor E Harmonic Minor

A Melodic Minor E Melodic Minor D Melodic Minor

experimenting with these possibilities is really what it`s all about


listen to some of my tracks


chord possibilities