I-VI7-ii-V7 question

[Christian Miller]

I play one of those dixiland banjo tremelos there

Fie upon you


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[Marc Grossman]

Absolutely, using A harmonic can sound a little as though you've gone into A minor. Personally I prefer using F melodic* because it resolves smoothly into the Am7 without risking the key change effect.

*F mel because you're essentially playing the E altered scale: E F G Ab Bb C D E.

You can also use A melodic minor if you like that sound. It has the F#.

1) A harmonic
2) A melodic
3) F melodic

Assuming the G chord in the progression will be played as Gmaj7, G6, G 6/9 etc, I prefer A melodic minor over this progression because none of the notes in this scale clash with any chord tones in the progression. F# is present in both the G chord and the D7, and the F note in the A harmonic minor and F melodic minor scales will clash with the F#. One could simply avoid the F note in the A harm minor scale, but one might as well just change the F note to F# and make it an A melodic minor scale.