On a I-IV-V.. there are a few options you can try.. we'll use A D & E.. if they're all root five power chords.. you have a LOT of options and most of the time when you hear improve over this type of progression.. what you're actually hearing are hybrid runs using a mixture of more than one scale type..
Here are a few I-IV-V scenarios:
A5 D5 E5:
Am Pentatonic/minor Blues
A Major Pentatonic
Throw in a little A Mixolydian for more of a "7" (dominant seven) chord sound
The power chords contain no thirds to color them with a Major, minor or dominant sound, so you can get really creative.
Am7 Dm7 Em7
Am Pentatonic
A Aeolian (natural minor)
A Dorian
These m7 chords all have the degrees 1,b3,b7 and so do all the above mentioned scales.. so you can start to make hybrid licks and phrases combining these..trust your ear.. if it sounds right to YOU.. it is.
A7, D7, E7, or A7, D9, E9, etc..
These dominant style chords can sometimes be the most fun because the contain the following degrees: 1, 3, and b7.. so you have the root and the Major third..BUT the flatted (minor or dominant)..now you can really get creative..
you can use the minor Pentatonic, the Major Pentatonic, the Mixoldyian .. you could even go throw some Lydian dominant (1,2,3, #4, 5,6,b7) all over the "A" root.. and really experiment..
There's a section in Intelli-Shred called "Overlapping Major and minor Shapes" that might help with visualizing these common intervals and making hybrid run.. it also shows diagrams of these so you can see where and how they overlap and what common tones they share.
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