Metal Guitar Jam Track #3 - Van Halen style
Give the people what they want! That’s the credo I hope to follow with my guitar teaching website, GuitarTeacher.com. And as I look at my most popular posts I see “Metal Jam Track #1” competing neck and neck with… “Metal Jam Track #2“! So, can you guess what I came up with for today’s jam track? That’s right! It is time for Metal Jam Track #3!!
Straight off of my Van Halen Style lesson series for Riff Interactive comes this “Hot For Teacher” sound-a-like jam track in the key of A.
The following scales all work well:
And here is how to play the backing riff. Always good to know the rhythm parts, even for you lead players. The groove is a hyper-speed rock shuffle.
Want something else? Let me know by commenting!
Latin Minor Bossa Guitar Jam Track
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.
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.
‘Funk E’ - Rock Fusion Jam Track #2
This has a feel reminiscent to the Miles Davis track “Jean Pierre”. Great for open-ended, anything-goes jamming in E. It is basically a static E7 chord with some extensions thrown in for “jazziness”.
Here are a few scale suggestions:
The F Diminished scale give you the E Half Step/Whole Step Diminished Scale which is gives some nice color notes against the static Dominant chord.
12 Minor Keys Jam Track
Changing keys is a challenge presented by jazz and jazz-rock styles. Today’s jam track exercises your key-changing prowess.
It back-cycles through the Circle of 5ths every 2 bars through all 12 keys. A great way to workout your ear and all those scale patterns you’re learning on GuitarTeacher.com!
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Metal Guitar Jam Track #2
I am really digging Wordpress. It is the ‘blogging’ software that I switched to a couple of months ago to run this website but, really, it does so much more. It is an excellent content management system, it has a built in comment function and it tracks popular posts and pages. And the price is right: FREE!
Anyway, I have consistently found my Metal Guitar Jam Track near the top of my most popular pages. Being as this site is for you, today I give you another metal jam track! Again in the key of A minor.
The following scales all work well:
The Phrygian mode adds an exotic character that is cool though it includes a B-flat note that is kind of a clunker against the F chord in the progression.
Any other jam track styles you want to hear more of? Maybe I am missing out on a new popular style? Polka/Reggae/Speed Metal hybrids? Let me know by commenting!
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.
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!
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Metal Guitar Jam Track
Did you ever have one of those days you just feel like ROCKIN??!! That is just about every day for me 
And I hope to make this one of those days for you with the following METAL GUITAR JAM TRACK!!
The jam track pedals on the open 5th string A note while stabbing out a C major triad across strings 2, 3 and 4 at the 5th fret. The resulting Am7 tonality is truly METAL! Try any or all of the following minor tonality scales.
Now pick up that six-string and bash those frets into whimpering submission!
If you have questions, try my new message forum. It’s a beta test of my “Ask the Teacher” service. Have fun.
Storm Stenvold
GuitarTeacher.com
Rock Fusion Guitar Jam Track
Today’s post is a looping jam track with a feel reminiscent of rock-fusion pioneer Billy Cobham.
It is in the key of B with a distinct minor/Dorian character.
Try the following scales:
I will post a related lesson to this track soon. Until then, have fun!
Storm Stenvold
GuitarTeacher.com
Latin Guitar Jam Track
Hey, six-stringers! In the change over to the new website format I know alot of the old content is now unavailable. I will repost old favorites as I can with plenty of new content to come!!
Today’s post is a looping jam track with a Santana flavor.
You can play standard rock and blues licks but the track’s use of the Fmaj7 chord strongly implies the Phrygian mode.
Instructions
1. Press play on the audio player above (Adobe Flash Player needed).
2. Solo over the backing track (audio will continuously loop).
Try this scale:
Other suggested scales:
- E Minor Pentatonic/E Blues
- E Phyrgian
- E Half-Step/Whole-Step Diminished Scale
Suggested Listening:
- Carlos Santana
- Al DiMeola
- Larry Carlton
- John McLaughlin
Have fun!
Storm Stenvold
GuitarTeacher.com
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