![]() ![]() One of the best free sets I’ve found are the ones on the Guitar Center’s “King of The Blues” contest site. I want some old blues grooves and some funk and some swing/jump tunes myself. The only problem is finding ones that are a bit more sophisticated or have grooves that are a little more interesting than the typical Chicago suffles or Stevie Ray Vaughan grooves. Here’s a video that explains the program…īut if you don’t want to go through all the work of building your own tracks, a better way to go may be to just find some good audio tracks that you can play along with. It’s worth a look at this website to see how it all works. Plus you will find a good supply of BIAB songs out there that you can get for free. And again it’s easy to change keys and tempos. You enter the chords to the song and pick a groove and it builds the song automatically. With BIAB you can build songs on the fly using their “spreadsheet” builder. If you have a good soundcard, or a good SYNTH, this might be a good way to go, especially of you like to have control or have some specific chord changes you’d like to play over. ![]() If you don’t know Band In A Box, you might want to take a look. If anyone, can help me I’m still open to giving that route a try. Maybe I’m just not technical enough to wrangle with the equipment. It’s up to you.Īnd I must confess, I’ve had mixed luck getting my MIDI setups to work well. Plus the benefit of a MIDI track is you can easily change the key and speed it up or slow it down.īut unless you have a pretty good sounding synth, these tracks can sound pretty lame.That may not be a deal breaker just for practicing but sometimes it makes them less inspiring. If you have a MIDI setup, then sometimes it’s easier to find MIDI tracks that are pretty good. ![]() I know because I’ve been looking for them for years.Īnd even today, with all the online resources out there, if you go to search for “blues backing tracks” you get a range of websites that are still pretty poor. But many tracks lack the subtlety and sound that gives you that inspiration to play well. It’s especially good when you’ve been working on some specific licks and want to work them into a real song, perhaps along with other licks you’ve learned or already know.īut if you’ve been out looking for backing tracks online, you know it’s a hit or miss proposition. For me, this comes closest to being able to actually build “real world” leads and to practice my scales and theory in a context that’s most realistic. My favorite way is to play along with some good backing tracks. After all, this learning blues guitar thing is a lifelong process. You should vary your practice and do all of the above to keep getting better. Playing along with backing tracks that don’t have a lead on themĪll of these techniques are important.Watching blues bands play (perhaps at a concert).Playing along with and copping licks off of recordings.Learning scales and theory like on my page about pentatonic scales. ![]() Pop and rock songs often use simple chord progressions with a few different major and minor chords.If you want to be a better blues guitarist you need to practice. List of popular songs where the same four chords are repeated throughout the song. Popīlues (all 12 chords are played in succession) A chord progression may be repeated or expanded with more chords to create a longer and more varied progression. List of common chord progressions in different genres you can use as inspiration to create your own progressions. You can also change the length by clicking the chord. To change the length of the chord, drag the right side of a chord box to the left or right. To remove a chord, drag the chord outside of the gray box. To add a new section of chords, click the "Add section" button.ĭrag and drop chords to change their order. To switch instruments, click the "Instruments" button. Create backing tracks for improvisation.Ĭlick the "Generate chords" button to randomly produce a chord progression from a list of commonly used progressions in the chosen style.Create backing tracks for playing and singing.Play your track by clicking the "Play" button or by pressing the spacebar on your keyboard.įor example, you can use the chord player to: Select a tempo and style at the top and enter chords by clicking the chord boxes or the "+" icon. Create backing tracks with the piano, guitar, bass, and drums. ![]()
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