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by NoteBoat » June 3rd, 2015, 6:33 am
If you move the scale, you'll be using a new set of notes.
You don't say what scale you're using, so I'll assume you're using a blues scale and adding chord tones when you use the 3rd. The blues scale in A is A-C-D-D#-E-G-A; the C# is found in the A chord, but not in the A blues scale - the conflict between the chords and the scale is one of the things that makes it sound "bluesy".
When you get to the D chord, using the F# gives you another note outside of the blues scale - it's the 6th of A major, but the blues scale doesn't have a 6th. If you move the scale, you'll be in D blues (D-F-G-G#-A-C-D), which still doesn't have F#... either way you're using a note outside the scale. The new scale also has the F and G# notes that you didn't have in A blues, and you're dropping the D# and E that are in the A blues. The same sort of thing happens with the E chord: E blues is E-G-A-A#-B-D-E, so you don't have G#.
My advice would be to focus on the sounds you get with using each note that's not in the blues scale: C#, F# and G#. It's a pretty common blues lick to move from the b3 to the 3 over a chord.
In the end, remember that creating a solo is about building a melody, rather than following some formula or fingering. Add just one thing at a time until your ear gets used to what you can do with it.
But what you're doing - developing an awareness of what chord is under you at any given time - is an essential skill to have.
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