Video Question: Playing With Backing Tracks

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Date: February 11th, 2008 | Length: 2.43 | Instructor: Jesse Selwyn

Garfield asks "This might be a dumb question but how does one learn to play along with the backing tracks? Thanks" Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

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