Latin Minor Bossa Guitar Jam Track
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Here is a cool Latin Guitar Jam Track that I think will appeal to fans of all guitar styles. It is a ‘bossa’ style groove, a very common latin-jazz feel. It stays on one chord, Dm7, throughout. Rock players will probably dig playing Carlos Santana inspired licks against this one.
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Here are a few scale suggestions:
D Minor Bossa Vamp - Suggested Scales
The E Minor Pentatonic scale is a great substitution against this Dm7 vamp, implying the Dorian mode. The Rule: Against a minor 7th chord, go up one whole-step and play that Minor Pentatonic.
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this one is such a good practice with that E pentatonic in there.. i’m just a little confused what vamping is and why the E pentatonic sounds good…
@bluesmike: A ‘vamp’ is a repetitive backing part or progression – often just one or two chords. Perfect for the long, open-ended solos we guitarists love!
The E Minor Pentatonic works as a scale substitution against the Dm chord. Essentially, the scale that might typically fit the chord happens to include all of the notes of the E Minor Pentatonic. Therefore, you can use Em pentatonic as a cool change-up!
I will address this idea more through the site and eLessons.
BTW, thanks for commenting!
hey.. thanks for all the tips, its really been helpful..
So i just learned a new scale, the beebop minor or somethin like that… and i found out that it works ALL over the place…it obviously works in d, but i found that c gives it a weird flare and playing it in e kinda follows the pentatonic but it has more intervals and chromatics… its really cool!
Good day Sir! Very useful stuff you have in here. Been playing the guitar for over 15years but I only know the basic chords/scales. I play mostly by ear and it’s kinda difficult to use that method when jamming.
Thanks to google and I found this site. There’s a ton more out there but I really had trouble understanding the lessons on most of them. What you have here is right on the spot. Now I can move freely on the fretboard without any hesitation. More power to you mates and keep it up!
As for me, I’ll keep on practicing with the cool backing tracks in this site. These lessons certainly improved my playing and I can’t thank you enough.
The part about E minor pentatonic isn’t entirely correct. While E Minor pentatonic will work, it doesn’t imply the Dorian mode as well as A Minor pentatonic does (in this particular key of C). The modal sounds work best when the relative major/minor scale in that key is used over the ii chord. Another big reason is that E Minor pentatonic isn’t the best choice is because it doesn’t have the minor 7 note of the ii chord in it. Try going with the pentatonic scale a fifth above the ii chord. Your fingers will naturally land on more inside sounding flavors. Try it!
@M – E minor pentatonic doesn’t include the minor 7th (or the minor 3rd for that matter) but it does include the 2nd and 6th degrees of D dorian. Very nice color notes for a change of pace.
However, I agree with you. The minor pentatonic a 5th above the root is another great choice for minor 7 chords. Works super over Dom7th chords, too.
I have a lesson on this site about this approach of superimposing pentatonic scales: http://guitarteacher.com/2009/07/21/featured-guitar-lesson-hidden-pentatonics/
Thanks for your informed response. I hope to hear from you more!