Video Question: Creating Backing Tracks

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Date: July 16th, 2009 | Length: 6.3 | Instructor: David MacKenzie

Akelley asked "Hey i was wondering how to write a backing track sort of chord progression, perhaps for the minor scale? i know that every scale requires a different sort of chord progression behind it." 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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