Archive for the ‘Jam Tracks’ Category

I am feeling a little blue today, having just brought two of my boys back from visiting the dentist (ouch!) and a little funky, seeing as this is my first post to this blog in more than a few days/weeks/months! Anyway, when feeling both blue & funky nothing matches the mood better than a funky blues! Here for your jamming pleasure is a groovy jam track, ... View Lesson

I am labeling this jam 'jazz blues' but it is not a traditional jazz-blues 12-bar progression. That is for another lesson. However, I found this minor jazz blues jam to be one of the easier jazz progressions to solo over as I made the transition from rock style guitar to blues to jazz. It is modeled on the tune "Footprints" by sax great Wayne Shorter, ... View Lesson

Many guitarists don't consider themselves singers. My long term advice: learn to sing! But if you want to be the band leader when you step to the stage at your local jam night, instrumentals will be your songs of choice. Fortunately, for blues guitarists there are lots of choices. The Bluesbreakers album with Eric ... View Lesson

In Blues Guitar Soloing there is one chord change that makes up much of what you will play. This is the I-IV change (said 'one-four' change). Isolating and practicing over this progression will take your blues soloing to another level. This progression is actually the foundation of many rock and funk songs so you guys might want to tune in, as well. To practice this change, ... View Lesson

Exotic Guitar Scales are great for adding spice to your lead guitar playing. I wouldn't suggest learning any of the 12 scales shown in this lesson before learning the minor pentatonic scale, the natural minor or the major scale (see 4 Scales You Should Know) but they might be part of the sound and guitar style you are searching for. Each of these 5 ... View Lesson

In the following Dorian Mode Jam Track we use G major chords over a repeating A bass note. This keeps reinforcing that 'A' is the root note for our soloing. View Lesson

A "slow blues" really lets blues guitarists showcase their soloing skill. The following smoky slow blues backing track in 12/8 time is similar to "Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughan or T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday". Just a standard  12-Bar Blues progression in the key of G, but with the added interest of a quick change to the IV chord (C7) in the second bar and ... View Lesson

Full length Canon Rock Backing Tracks and looping Canon Rock jam tracks at original and slow tempos. Hey guys! I have some private students working on 'Canon Rock' so here are some jam track resources for them and you. The original JerryC full length backing tracking used by JerryC, FunTwo, MattRach, etc. is embedded below. You can download it to your computer here (right click ... View Lesson

Boy Howdy! Today, for your six-string pleasure we have a cut-time, country jam track in the good 'ol country boy key of A major. It's just a simple I-IV-V progression but moves along at fast clip. Y'all give respect to those country and bluegrass players who can make the changes and get 'er done. Country Guitar Jam Track - Key of A... View Lesson

Jam Bands like The Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic are known for awesome, extended improv sections and solos. The free jam tracks here on GuitarTeacher.com are perfect vehicles for practicing your own extended solos, awesome or otherwise! So today I am pairing a jam track with the jam band. For your noodling pleasure, a Latin/Rock/Samba/Blues/Wait-For-My-Cue-Before-Ending-My Solo/Jam Band jam track. This track vamps groovily between C ... View Lesson