Blues in A Backing Track

Blues in A backing track for blues guitar practice. Practice along with this track to improve your blues soloing, blues chords, blues riffs, time feel, improvisation and lots more.

This blues track is in the key of A and is based on a 12 bar blues form. This is the most common chord pattern in blues music. In the key of A it uses the chords A7, D7 and E7. Try playing the chords over it to improve your rhythm guitar chops!

If you want to solo over this backing track then the most common approach would be to use the A blues scale or the A minor pentatonic scale. There are other choices, but these will give you that classic blues sound. So try out all those tasty blues licks and bends you’ve been working on.

When soloing remember to leave space between the phrases and to use some repetition. There’s nothing wrong with playing the same licks round and round with slight changes, in fact this is an important part of learning to play great blues.

Enjoy it!

‘Dirty’ Rock Guitar Backing Track in Em (100bpm)

Rock guitar backing track for E minor jamming. Practice jamming in a ‘dirty’ rock style similar to bands like Guns’n’Roses, Motley Crue, Love/Hate and others. Practice rock soloing, guitar scales, new lick ideas or creating riffs of your own. This guitar backing track and my other tracks are perfect to use with my video lessons and tutorials on my channel.

Practicing guitar with backing tracks is one of the best ways to get used to playing with other players in a band setting. You get used to playing with a groove, improvising and soloing, it can be great ear training, you learn to listen to what’s going on around you and you get used to playing…not just practicing!

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Scale suggestions for this rock track:

The backing track is in the key of E minor so try using scales like E minor pentatonic, E blues scale or E natural minor scale (also called E Aeolian mode). Try some open string scale shapes too, these can sound great in this style!

Be sure to use all your familiar rock techniques too, like string bends, pinch harmonics, repeating licks, and fast alternate picking licks.

Rock Ballad Backing Track

With this rock ballad backing track you can practice playing epic, melodic, expressive, emotional guitar solos. The backing track is in the key of C# minor and is similar to many classic rock ballads such as ‘Comfortably Numb’ by Pink Floyd. So grab your guitar and let those emotional and melodic rock licks flow!

When soloing over this ballad backing track you’ll probably want to use scales like C# minor pentatonic or C# natural minor scale. Both will work well in this setting. Notice which notes in the scale sound good when you bend them…this is an important part of rock soloing in a ballad setting. You can also focus in on some of the notes in any C# minor chord shapes you know. These can also for the basis of some great melodic guitar licks.

Tips for playing a guitar solo over a rock ballad: use lots of space, use lots of string bends, try to use the full range of the fretboard, use repetition to build structure in your solo and think about how to get a singing ‘vocal like’ sound using slides, bends and other legato techniques.

Rock Backing Track for Guitar Practice

Rock Backing Track for Guitar Practice (Key Of Am 120bpm)

Rock guitar backing track for A minor jamming. Practice jamming in a ‘classic’ rock style similar to bands like Ratt, Poison, Aerosmith, Guns’n’Roses, Motley Crue and others. Use to improve your rock soloing, guitar scales, new lick ideas or creating riffs of your own. This guitar track and my other backing tracks are perfect to use with my video lessons and tutorials on my site.

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Minor Blues Backing Track (B minor 90bpm)

Blues Guitar backing track in B minor at 90bpm. This Blues Track with the style of “The Trill is Gone” from BB King is perfect for practicing soloing in the key of Bm. Work on those new guitar scales, new lick ideas or create riffs of your own. This track and others I’m offering are perfect to use with my video lessons and tutorials on my site.

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Guitar Backing Track in A minor Rock Pop Style

Guitar backing track in A minor at 100bpm. This rock pop style jam track is perfect for practicing soloing in the key of Am. Work on those new guitar scales, new lick ideas or create riffs of your own. This track and others I’m offering are perfect to use with my video lessons and tutorials on my channel.

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Funk Blues Jam Track – Guitar Tutorial

Funk Blues Jam Track in D for funk and blues guitar practice! This funky blues backing track is in the key of D and in the style of funky blues guitar players like Freddie King and Albert King. It’s perfect for practicing those funk blues licks and solos over. So plug in and enjoy hours of fun jamming over the funk blues jam track you’ll find in this video.

A few suggestions for using this jam track:

(1) Just because this backing track uses a blues funk feel doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep it bluesy! The backing track is in the key of D, so use the classic blues guitar scales like D minor pentatonic and D blues scale licks and ideas. For some cool licks which go with this funk blues backing track try this lesson HERE.

(2) Lock in tight with the funk blues rhythm. Funk is a rhythmic style…so whatever you do don’t let your rhythm drag. So as you play over this funk blues jam track, keep your rhythms crisp, punchy and above all, funky!

(3) Leave space between phrases. This will help your licks and ideas stand out and give you a more structured sounding solo that will make sense to a listener.

Hope this helps you with your blues funk soloing…have fun!

Guitar Backing Track Metal in Em

Guitar backing track metal in E minor. This heavy metal jam track in Em is perfect for practicing soloing in the key of Em. Work on those new guitar scales, new lick ideas or create riffs of your own. This track in a metal style as well as my other guitar backing tracks are perfect to use with my video lessons and tutorials on my channel.

Hope you enjoy my guitar backing tracks look for more coming regularly.

Scale suggestions for this metal guitar backing track:

The guitar backing track (metal style) is in the key of E minor so try using scales like E minor pentatonic, E blues scale or E natural minor scale (also called E Aeolian mode). Try some open string scale shapes too, these can sound great in this style!

Blank Tab Paper…Free Download and What To Do With It!

Blank tab paper is a valuable guitar practice tool…and this free downloadable booklet of blank tab for guitar will get you started. Simply download it for free by pressing the button in this post below, print it out, and use it to help you improve your guitar playing. Each sheet contains 12 blank tab staves, and because the tab paper is blank, you can use it in many ways to help you become a better guitar player. It’s also quicker than messing around typing numbers into guitar tab software…just grab a sheet of blank tab paper and jot down whatever guitar gem you’ve just uncovered…quick and easy!

Here’s What To Use Your Free Blank Tab Paper Booklet For…

Recording new licks. How many times have you found a cool new guitar lick or riff…but the next day you couldn’t remember it? Problem solved! Write it down on the blank tab paper and it’s yours to keep.

Transcribing licks and solos. Write out the tab for guitar solos or licks you are transcribing by other players. Use this blank tab to create your own guitar tab collection. Transcribing is great eartraining for guitarists and also helps us build a rich vocabulary of guitar soloing ides to use.

Creating Technique Workouts. Tab out any technique exercises you discover to boost your guitar chops. Picking exercises, legato runs and licks, bending workouts, scale patterns…anything! If you want to come back to it later, write it out on the blank tab paper so you don’t forget it. Also great for adding some focus into your practice sessions each time.

Write your ow practice routine. Design a new guitar practice routine and write it out on the blank tab staves. Tab out any licks, exercises, riff or soloing ideas you want to revisit next time you pick up your guitar in the practice room.

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE BLANK TAB BOOKLET HERE

The blank tab paper booklet will download automatically to your device. Print it off and start using it to reach your guitar goals quicker!

Good luck!

James

Blues Rhythm Chops (Slick Rhythm Techniques You Can Use Right Now!)

Sick of those same old blues rhythm guitar shuffles and barre chords? Kick your blues rhythm chops up a notch with this blues rhythm lesson and discover how to use chord fragments, ninth chords and rhythm riffs in your rhythm guitar style.

Ex 1: Chord Fragments

Chord Fragments are fragments of larger chords and they are powerful blues rhythm guitar tools. See this example to learn how to use them straight away in your playing.

Ex 2: 9th Chords

9th chords can act as substitutes for Dominant 7 chords, so instead of playing A7 in your 12 bar blues, you could play A9 instead. This adds much more colour to the 12 bar blues (and makes you sound like a way slicker player!)

Ex 3: Blues Bassline Riffs

Why not ditch chords all together…and play a blues bassline riff instead! Here’s one example of a blues bassline riff you can use. Try out some riff variations of your own remember.

Have fun spicing up your blues rhythm chops with this lesson and see you next time!

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