Quote Originally Posted by nick1994
I'm not saying to avoid scales, just that I was taught to learn arpeggios before scales. When you analyse solos, do you look for references to scales? if you saw a C# and E played over a Cmaj7 for 2 bars, would you say, "they must be referencing double harmonic major scale", or "they are resolving from the b2 to maj3"? I find scales useful for certain things, but not for all things.

i'd think the next chord is going to be D minor...