Rock Shuffle Jam Track

Here is a fun backing track for your endless-jamming pleasure. It is a rock shuffle jam in the key of A.

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The chord progression is: |A – - – | G/A – - – |D/A – - – |A – - -| .  The way to read ‘G/A’ is ‘G over A’ and means a G chord is played with an A bass note. Essentially the bass rides or ‘pedals’ an A note the entire progression as the chords change over it.

Some suggested scales for improvising:

In an upcoming lesson I will revisit this progression and show how to use different triad shapes in your rhythm guitar work. Have fun!