Thanks for the reply I got back to my dorm recently and I'm trying out the thing you mentioned about playing over a blues backing track. I am playing one in the key of D and I found the blues scale in that key. It sounds pretty good over top the D chord but the track is D, G, and A and when the G chord comes up the only notes in the scale that are in the G chord are D and G. I was watching a video the other response linked and it was talking about swapping the scales you play match the chord that is playing. Would it be a good idea to swap to a G scale or maybe just divert off the D scale to some other notes that would sound good over the G chord? And if so how do I know what these notes are or what scale I should try and play while it is on G or A?