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Paradise – Key & Guitar Solo Scale

Paradise by Coldplay is in D minor. To solo over it, start with the D minor pentatonic; the D blues scale adds grit and the D natural minor adds melody.

The scale for soloing over Paradise

e|-------------------------------10-13-|
B|-------------------------10-13-------|
G|-------------------10-12-------------|
D|-------------10-12-------------------|
A|-------10-12-------------------------|
E|-10-13-------------------------------|

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D Minor Pentatonic Scale on the whole neck

2 D minor licks to try over Paradise

Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for D minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).

e|-------------|
B|-10----------|
G|----12-10----|
D|----------12-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

e|-13p-10------------------------------|
B|---------13--13p-10------------------|
G|---------------------12--12p-10------|
D|---------------------------------12--|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Listen: Paradise

Paradise – Coldplay

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