John’s notes; I’ve composed this 1 minute 17 sec D minor solo using the ‘A’, ‘E’, ‘D’ and ‘A’ minor shape triad chords and their scales. If this is confusing to new members don’t worry just ask when you next attend your lesson, and I’ll explain in more detail. Basically, it’s the way professionals go about improvising over a chord progression when they want to create a meaningful melodic solo that serves the backing harmony / chords.

This arrangement is packed full of useful phrases (licks) you can use over any D minor chord progression. To use in a different key just move them up or down the fret board to suit your chosen key. Why not test yourself and see what chord shape is being used to create the licks (phrases)? A clue is the chord they are being played over.