What to play over this progression?

[Lindsey]

I've been playing these chords for a while now, but I still haven't found what to play over it.

Dm9, Em7, D9Sus2, Em7, Dm7

I play the last Em and Dm in the Am shape, the first Em7 in the 'jimi hendrix' shape.

 

[idssdi]

I've been playing these chords for a while now, but I still haven't found what to play over it.

Dm9, Em7, D9Sus2, Em7, Dm7

I play the last Em and Dm in the Am shape, the first Em7 in the 'jimi hendrix' shape.

Try E phrygian(notes of C major). D9sus2 is weird btw. I would call it a D7sus2(2 and 9 of D are both an E)

 

[Lindsey]

Try D Dorian. D9sus2 is weird btw. I would call it a D7sus2(2 and 9 of D are both an E)

I thought that was weird too. I believed I played an Am6, but I looked it up with a chord identifier and this is what came up.

D Dorian works great, thanks.

 

[idssdi]

I thought that was weird too. I believed I played an Am6, but I looked it up with a chord identifier and this is what came up.

D Dorian works great, thanks.

D9 can be a substitution of Am6

 

[John Robinson]

Try E phrygian(notes of C major). D9sus2 is weird btw. I would call it a D7sus2(2 and 9 of D are both an E)

Was there any english in what you said...thats part of my problem some of the terms i dont know

 

[idssdi]

Was there any english in what you said...thats part of my problem some of the terms i dont know

Which ones?

 

[Calvin Phillips]

I've been playing these chords for a while now, but I still haven't found what to play over it.

Dm9, Em7, D9Sus2, Em7, Dm7

I play the last Em and Dm in the Am shape, the first Em7 in the 'jimi hendrix' shape.

Are you strumming the chords like.. on their own or do they blend In together? If you're strumming for a few seconds before going to the next you're possibilities are endless.you could follow the chords that way and change for each chord.

Or do what ids said find a scale that fits all the chords. It's a hard question without hearing the peogressionn

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Lindsay ids changed his scale after you posted.. I'm not sure why he did that but it may have been a better scale sub then d Dorian. Might wanna take a peak.

 

[idssdi]

Lindsay ids changed his scale after you posted.. I'm not sure why he did that but it may have been a better scale sub then d Dorian. Might wanna take a peak.

Its the same notes so not a lot changes really. It's just that if the D chords are substitutions of Am6 it could be that it resolves back to E instead of to D. It could also be that it resolves back to Am6 and then it is more of a Aeolian thing.

 

[Lindsey]

I've been playing that over it too. After finding D dorian I played it in all positions/modes. I stuck with D dorian, E phrygian and A minor.

 

[Lindsey]

Are you strumming the chords like.. on their own or do they blend In together? If you're strumming for a few seconds before going to the next you're possibilities are endless.you could follow the chords that way and change for each chord.

Or do what ids said find a scale that fits all the chords. It's a hard question without hearing the peogressionn

I guess I've played it in a very basic jazz standard style. I'll look into chordtones too

 

[John Robinson]

Which ones?

The ones i quoted in my comment...i see i have a lot to learn

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Its the same notes so not a lot changes really. It's just that if the D chords are substitutions of Am6 it could be that it resolves back to E instead of to D. It could also be that it resolves back to Am6 and then it is more of a Aeolian thing.

Yeah I guess once you connect the dots you realize the notes are the same.. a lot of times I dont realize how similar the notes are in some chords until i play it out. The only one i know for sure are my relative minors. The others I havent gotte to that point where I use 4 chords that share notes. Or more.