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razzlemacher
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razzlemacher
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09/24/2017 10:36 pm

Hi Mike -

I've wrapped up the song Man of Constant Sorrow. I've loved every minute of it - its definitely one of the harder to play while you sing kinda songs. Thanks for an amazing lesson.

My issue is that I want to add a personal touch to the song by adding a solo to it and I am having trouble identifying which key this song is in. The tabs have one sharp in the signature which makes it a G Major scale. However in the lesson you mention that we can use the D minor pentatonic?

Problem is that neither G major or D minor notes seem seem to fit the notes of the song that are in the tablature you have provided. I'm sure I'm missing something but can't figure it out.

Any help in letting me know which scale, major or minor or pentatonic to use to create the solo would great.

Thanks much!