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Hi guys, I'm trying to learn Black Magic Woman, and I was just wondering if anyone knows what scales Santana uses for his intro and solo for the song.


Originally Posted by GuitarStvHi guys, I'm trying to learn Black Magic Woman, and I was just wondering if anyone knows what scales Santana uses for his intro and solo for the song.

Well as far as I can remember it's basically a D minor blues scale with occasonal notes from the D dorian (C major) and D melodic minor scale.

Hope that helps.

yeah, thanks a lot . . . i recognized some D minor pentatonic and aeolian stuff, but I didn't try to use anything from the dorian mode.

Don't get me thinking/talking modes, it just makes my head hurt . The song is all played in Dm. Mostly pentatonic minor but he does use the E a few times and Bb (but the Bb only against the Gm chord). The only other note he uses once or twice is Ab - the 'blues' tone of the D blues scale (b5).

He uses dorian and aeolian modes.