25 Free JamTracks to Celebrate the Holiday Season
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Deep Roots Blues in G
There is nothing like a slow heartfelt blues to master new ideas. This twelve bar blues in G can be used with both G major pentatonic and G minor pentatonic. Develop short ideas and try to create a story with your lead.
Jam with G minor or major pentatonic, G minor bluesGreasy Blues in B
There is nothing like a slow heartfelt blues to master new ideas. This twelve bar blues can be used with both G major pentatonic and G minor pentatonic. Develop short ideas and try to create a story.
Jam with B minor pentatonic, B Major pentatonic.Slow Tempo Jazzy Blues in F#M
This slow blues in F# minor is the perfect musical bed for you to develop new ideas. Experiment with chromatic passages as you develop ideas all across the fretboard.
Jam with F# minor pentatonic, F# Dorian, F# minor blues.Spicy Soup Blues in B
This slow blues will help you create new blues licks. Be as precise as you can with your bends and keep your ideas simple.
Jam with B minor pentatonic, B major pentatonic, B minor blues, B major blues.Stevie's Shuffle in Ebm
This jamtrack inspired by the great Stevie Ray Vaughan should help you master new bluesy licks. Make sure your rhythm placement is impeccable!
Jam with Eb minor pentatonic, Eb minor blues, Eb Dorian.The Thrill Is Absent in Am
This backing track inspired by BB King's "The Thrill is Gone" is a perfect way to develop new melodic ideas using the minor blues scale.
Jam with A minor pentatonic, A Aeolian, A minor blues.Did you know?
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Acoustic Soft Rock in E
This track uses a simple E major scale to get its sound with a few twists here and there. The synth emphasizes the 9th scale tone quite a bit so playing over an Emaj9 arpeggio works nicely.
Jam with E Major, A LydianAttitude Rock in Gm
Experiment with the Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, the minor pentatonic, and minor blues scale. Try mixing them together to develop new ideas.
Jam with G Aeolian, G Dorian, G minor pent, G minor bluesClean Feel in B Minor
Practice slow melodic phrasing, add some rhythm guitar of your own, or create a solo of epic proportions with this track! It's slow and wide open, so stretch out and... GO.
Jam with B minor, B harmonic minorDriving Mid-tempo Rock in G
This tuneful track features an A and B section. The first progression (section) consists of the following chords: G, D, and Cadd9. The second section modulates to the relative minor of G, E minor.
Jam with G major/pentatonic to E Aeolian/pentatonicModerate Acoustic Rock in G#
This Jamtrack features a single vamp played in the G# Dorian tonality. The vamp consists of a simple i7 to IV7 progression. Relative to G# Dorian, these chords are G#m7 and C#7.
Jam with G# Dorian, G# minor pentatonic, G# minor bluesPlay Like Kravitz in Bm
This 70's rock backing track is the perfect musical bed to develop new blues rock ideas. Use B Aeolian and B minor pentatonic here and be sure to stay musical!
Jam with B Aeolian, B Minor PentatonicRocker's Heart in D
Focus on melody! Approach this song as a singer would and create melodic themes. Try to get away from thinking in terms of scale shapes and be musical!
Jam with D major, D major pentatonic
Country Ballad in C
Remember that you can use the major pentatonic to replace the full diatonic major scale. Use your ears as you develop new themes as you begin to memorize the track.
Jam with C major, C major pentatonicCountry Rock in E
Fiddle along with a heavy groove. The track opens with a violin line in the key of E Mixolydian followed by a short solo demonstration in Em pentatonic.
Jam with E Mixolydian, Em PentatonicCow Boots in B
Here is another epic Country track in B. Keep your lead simple and melodic and experiment with bends to create a pedal steel like theme. Make sure to bend to your target pitch!
Jam with B Major PentatonicGood Ol' Country in A
This massive, beefy track features an intro, an A section, a B section, and an outro. Focus on the progression and chord changes to nail the key signatures!
Jam with A minor (blues, pent) to G major (blues, pent)Moderately Slow Country in A
A lick derived from the A major pentatonic scale kicks off this track and is followed by the main section, which is labeled "A Section" in the accompanying transcription.
Jam with A major (blues, pent) to G major (blues, pent)
Slipknot-esque in Dm
Here's a track in the style of the metal band, Slipknot. The guitars are tuned to Drop A on seven string guitar, but you can jam on this track with 6 strings no problem!
Jam with D Phrygian to A Phrygian to Various Whole ToneMeshuggah Type 1 in Am
Here's a simple, short chugging track on the open A for you to jam over. Any scale with an A root will work, except for the B section, which will modulate to a new tonality.
Jam with anything in A, then to A LydianDouble Kick Metal in F#m
This mid tempo track will stretch your modal fingers, as well as your brain. It's also a good tempo to warm up with various runs and picked lines!
Jam with F# Phrygian, F# Minor PentatonicMid Tempo Gallop in Em
Practice your riffing and switching between many minor sounding scales over this comfortable tempo and rich harmonic structure! Be melodic in your playing.
Jam with E Minor, E Phrygian, E Harmonic MinorDid you know?
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Cool Simple Jazz in A
This is a simple jazz feel that focuses on modulating ii V I progressions, a common jazz chord progression structure. Working with this track will help you when playing along to songs like Autumn Leaves.
View notes below for scale informationUptempo Jazz Blues in Bb
This is the most basic form of the quote "jazz" blues. In this blues format, the IV7 (Eb7) chord is played in bar 2. This sets up a turnaround back to the tonic chord, which occurs in bar 11. Finally, a turnaround is placed in bar 12.
View notes below for scale informationJazz Rhythm Changes in Bb
Many up-tempo tunes in the swing and bebop styles utilize a harmonic form known as "rhythm changes." These chord changes are based on the changes to the George Gershwin tune "I Got Rhythm." Rhythm changes are played with a thirty-two bar song form.
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