...being of the three chords, one scale and beat it to death school of guitar playing I can't get my head around this. The Beat version of the Andy Williams classic Can't Get Used to Losing You. Yes, not enough Andy Williams on here ...Anyway, we don't have a sax player and this song contains more than three chords. Mid tempo reggae beat for anyone who likes knowing I'm an idiot but doesn't know the song. I could transcribe the sax solo but that's about three years work for me so I'd like a short cut to simple improvised solo wankery. The chords under the solo are / C /F D7/G / D7 F/ times a few then /Em /F /A7 / A7 /D7 /D7 /G / G Gb/ although that final Gb isn't really in the equation. I've tried something based on arpeggios but I'm really just playing the bass line high up the neck :-( .
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Sorry if I am misunderstanding the way you have written it out but if the chords are -
C, F, D7, G, Em, A7 (and ignoring the Gb which you say isn't relevant) then the most simple approach would be Am Pentatonic (or Am Dorian if you want to add in passing notes).
The are three obvious problems with that program -
As one example it uses subtractive processes of note numbers (rather than actual sounds) to suggest scales. So if you type in the following A7, D7, Em, G, F & C. The suggestion that pops up at the top of the list is A Minor Bebop.
The notes of Am Bebop are - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G - G# or Root, 2nd, m3, 4th, 5th, 6th, b7, 7th.
Now according to the site that will work over A7, because it works subtractively and just says "Well it has a b7th.". However it also has a major 7th so trying hitting that on the A7. Interestingly though it doesn't readily suggest Am pent or A dorian, both of which are present in Am bebop, but without having the drawback of the major 7th. In fact it says that A dorian will not work over A7 despite the fact it has all the same notes except for the major 7th. A dorian presents an issue over the F with the F# but the F# doesn't feature in A minor pentatonic: A - C - D - E - G, which features no clashing notes over any chord except for the entirely acceptable and well used minoristation of the A7 & E7.
But unfortunately it doesn't provide something for those who know nothing, it provides wrong information which is IMO is worse. It just also seems odd that on a seemingly less straight forward progression it can't spot the most obvious and simplest in road.
The difference between dorian and bebop minor is the addition of the natural 7th to make it an 8 note scale but it is really bizarre that it doesn't spot this or that both contain Am pentatonic.