My Best 80's Power Ballad Backing Track in Cm

[PhukTheLogic]

Epic backing track is epic

[MrFernandoGuitarra]

Parabéns pelo trabalho, magnifico!!!

[mateo2711ify]

I like it.. but it would be better without that chorus, Its somehow louder than other the parts like it doesn't fit in a song.. That's just my impression..

[ndtv72]

truly inspirational... like if you agree lol

[GuitaristEthan]

What chord progression is it in the chorus? I mean the first bit of the chorus where it starts getting more powerful is C minor - F minor - Bb Major - G major (it's in harmonic minor). But u can just make them power chords like what has been done. But what comes after that? what's the progression after that bit? 1:49 if u wana know what i'm talking about. Thanks that would be rly useful, trying to get the right sweeping patterns for it.

[Pirug8]

AMAZING

[MrJetcat]

Very, very well done! Bookmarking this one!

[ferxoguitarrrizt]

Man you're work is excellent that's all I have to say, thank for this beautiful backing track

[GregoryMurphTV]

Honestly the best Improv i've ever had!

[andyb0192837465]

When it kicks in at 1.34, soloing over it is so good!

[iforgotmyname78]

best backing track ever!

[mkwlord]

you might as well just remove "My" from thhe title, it would make no difference to me :)

[silverbeak]

Dash! There are some really nice tidbits in there! Great work dude! And thanks a lot for sharing. Somehow this backing makes my crappy solos sound way better than they are.

[lawdawg2508]

Absolutely Awesome!..........Simple as that!

[MrZmozart]

wow! rhis is a good start for me indeed!!!

[gokayulker94]

what the hell who resurrected you miika O.o

[rudicarfell]

SO FUCKING EPIC!!!



[tonyandvince]

this is music!

[Ghostman7777]

The best backing track on the tube. So inspiring...

[MatthiasMeys]

This backing track makes me feel not worthy enough to jam on < 3

[Guitarwhiz12]

Best backing track I improvised to 

[levojulian]

@Guitarwhiz12 yes indeed

[slash4897]

sounds like arch enemy xD

[gtxcpr]

You certainly get my "like" for this, sir!

[axmancometh1]

Amazing Jamfest!!! Great song structure...I almost sound halfway decent jammin' to this! :)

[JeanAlexandre707]

Amazing! What's the chord progression?

[LoQDubious]

Wow... what an EXCELLENT backing track! Very well done!

[vrad9950]

Best track evas

[aineiss]

Did I say how great this little bit of musical inspiration is? After collaborating with it a few times, I have to say: This is an incredible composition and recording!

[aineiss]

This is extremely well done in all aspects! A great gift to guitar players and it's a pity you don't do this more often 'cause you have real talent!

[Mits0s666]

This is one of the best backin tracks i've found to play on..... Great Job!!!!

[65guitarshredder]

thanks man



[TranceSFX]

This is incredible man.

[D3V1LMACH1N3]

True story: Was jamming to this track and my neighbor (whom I have never spoken to) knocked on the door. I answered and she introduced herself. She told me "it's a shame you had to stop playing to answer the door. You had my panties soaked." I stood there not sure how to respond. lol. We shot the shit for a while and she left. I think I just earned my first fan. XD

[iwantastrat]

@D3V1LMACH1N3 Damn... wish that happened when i jammed

[Jamalsish]

c minor means that the tuning is inc ?

[thecurehits]

@Jamalsish The Key :)

[Mits0s666]

@Jamalsish nope....u play solo in the key of Cm scale

[Jamalsish]

@Mits0s666 aah of course... thanks !

[panterafani]

this is so awesome track.. Made my Ibanez cry ;D

[TheChaseter]

@panterafani made my fingers bleed -_-

[dario10756]

wonderful....

I'm going to study for a nice solo.

Many thanks Miika

[yogithecamel]

Love this backing track. Check out my solo in my video response!

[1lordzock1]

the bridge progression is so good :D

[SnidoLP]

THANKS dude ... Im just beginner in guitar improvisation but u gave me huge inspiration .. I would like to have some comments on my solo with your backing track .. so have a look on my channel and watch my piece of shit please :P thanks

[trivium9104]

anywhere i can download it so i can use it, also would you get mad if i gave credit if i posted a video of myself playing over this backing track ?

[TafficWire]

instructions on how to solo over this riff;

turn on alot of gain

put on abit of delay

abit of reverb

[steven2405]

This is one AMAZING BACKING TRACK

[superdog797]

@steven2405 my balls are one amazing backing track what do you have to say now asshole

[steven2405]

@superdog797 i dont care about you and your miserable trolling life

[Paczuu]

Yeah, in my opinion, the best backing track on yt.

[97Hetfield]

One of the best backing track on you tube :)

[tweeres04]

I visit this page at least once a day

[thethethetheluis]

I really wish I could listen to every single persons response to this because so many are really sick! Thanks for this track Miika153 it's one of my favorite backing tracks of all time. I just posted my response btw check it out guys if you have time and tell me what you think!

[McBlobby3]

i feel so fake, this backing is so good anything i play sounds like steve vai level hahahaha <3 you man

[Volarere]

@McBlobby3 Haha dito man. Just a fucken amazing backing track. God damn I really sound like Steve Vai jamming to this ;)

[CamCarterTV]

i was just looking for a small backing track but this!! it gave me goosebumps , FGS make more like this , - can i use this in something im making> ??

[CamCarterTV]

i was just looking for a small backing track but this!! it gave me goosebumps , FGS make more like this ,

[rboggs10]

Dude! This isn't just your best power ballad track! This is one of the best i've found on youtube!

[WarlordAlejandro]

Thanks dude, I've just made an epic solo, this song gave my inspiration.

[bitchslapper12]

@WarlordAlejandro It's a backing track!

[VanHalenfreak9]

@WarlordAlejandro same here

[Henber77]

i have made such a great guitarsolo  to your backing track. Great work :)

[metalfan0101]

14 people don't play guitar...

[MrKitaristi87]

Tosi hieno :) Tuosta vois ihan kunnon biisin tehdä :D

[thethethetheluis]

Hey, anyone trying to learn the chords for this (which btw tell me if it's already been posted to make it easier on me) I'm slowly figuring out the chords and have probably half of it done. If you wanna know the chords then message me or reply to the comment and ill message you.

[thethethetheluis]

anyone know what the chord progession is? anyone plz

[jsanford91]

is there any way I can get this in MIDI form so I can use it in Fl studio?

[saravocals]

Hi this is so so good would you mind if i wrote to it. im a singer songwriter from brighton institute of modern music and totally fell in love with your track. Will fully credit you for the production. x

[CandyVer]

this is yours?

[cutelex16]

what are the chords?

[DiZlat]

just excellent!!!! A real band behind!!!!

[intothevoid20]

Cm Harmonic Minor/ Minor scale sounds really good here.

[piotrp88]

zacc style



[Rayner79]

very good :) love your taste in music ...

[31Angmar]

Thanks i am pratice my bass solos over theses x

[goodygoody23]

One of my favorite backing tracks ever

[joffrey37]

Hi my friends, I did an impro on this fantastic track ! I'd like to have some comments on what's wrong in my playing, and all those stuffes... Thank you very much if you have a look !

[kouvpan]

great!

[totto210]

80s = love i remember :(

bye

[Bati1209]

the best i've ever heard.. 5 stars ;P

[MultiGuitar31]

veeeery nice 8)

[thethethetheluis]

guys what are the chords can anyone tell me?

[zenthra]

i find the penatonic great for straight 12 bars blues but always use diatonic for melodic tracks like this one.. you can get some sweet licks with it!

[thethethetheluis]

is there a download for this?

[zenthra]

one of the best backing tracks on youtube to jam against!

[MrMusicweekly]

best backing track on YOUTUBE

[LiverpooLisforLife]

we need a download link to this masterpiece :O

[DefamationOfficial]

check out my response video to this!

[iamsimpleminded]

could anyone tell me what the chords are please??

[joffrey37]

youtube.com/watch?v=NCx-iz4OD2­A

If you want guys, you can check what I did with this fabulous backing track :) thank you if you do !

[patspat]

Hi ! if you wanna listen my improvisation to this backing track enjoy on my channel Miika153 thank you for the amazing piece ! keep rockin brother ! greetings

[zenthra]

thanks so much for this backing track, its amazing! it has inspired me to do my first ever youtube guitar video lol

[goodygoody23]

It's okay to use the pentatonic scale, it's one of the best scales ever made. You just want to make sure that it's not your only bullet in the chamber, so you can throw in other tricks and stuff with it.

[Servant0fSteel]

Awesome track! One of the best I've come across yet!

[dinoboyjp123]

I'm Subscribing, Adding you as a friend, and fallowing you on FB.

[elguachinmusical]

Watch my version!

[dontneedanicknameheh]

awesome track, makes you fell like david gilmour on some parts

[guitarlordification]

hey man your track rocks. I did some improv over it and uploaded it as a response, let me know if I did it any justice haha :).

[QuantizeMusic]

Thumbs up if Mika's backing tracks are the only ones you jam to!

[mikey989]

dude this is epic!

[NMusic0]

hey everyone ! check out my jam on this awesome backing track!

/watch?v=NAkvaNInJ4A

if you liked thumbs up so other people can see it

[TwinGuitarsCovers]

Awesome track! thank you!

[RDArtist81]

This is a really great track to work on soulful facial expressions. On guitar, I like to half step slide into c and g notes for some good flavor. Throw in a blues lick here and there in between your more musical, melodic soloing and it really adds some swagger to that pent minor.

[johnnyrayguitars]

good track had fun jamming. aeolian, harmonic minor, diminished pentatonic minor.

[georgemnrs]

the C minor scale is relative with the E major scale not tha A major :)

[georgemnrs]

@georgemnrs oops E sharp major not E major ;p

[georgemnrs]

@georgemnrs flat not sharp there is no e sharp ;p

[freiture]

@georgemnrs there is....it's called F

[georgemnrs]

@freiture but there is not e sharp ;p

[YUBYEONGHYEOK]

very good

[kazymjir]

GREAT TRACK!

Thanks for your work

[michaelsss]

Nice backingtrack. Please RATE and COMMENT my version @ my profile (first video called Crying guitar).

[CMLMalta]

great track... u can use F Dorian Mode as wll: Intervals: F G Ab Bb C D Eb F

[RebOrama18]

man this Backing Track is AWESOME !...but i would like to ask you What Chords You Use :) ?

[666DrippingFlesh666]

thanks mate, this is perfect!

[KisuoIIGuitarist]

You can play this ona a d-minor pentatonic scale o.o

[thenightfirekilla]

Hey man i absolutely loved the track, It's perfect to jam on. Hey, i was wondering if i could use it to make a jam on it and upload a video of it? It's the best track in Cm i've ever heard. Cheers

[kochiRhoads]

soy guitarrista y tambien puto

[MarceloOrtegaGuerrer]

sometimes the level sound has ups and down try to fix it but i njoy it

[w6nvmrk4]

Reminds me of Skid Row's Quicksand Jesus...Very nice!!

[Tozopg]

tosi hyvä backing track , kiva soitella sen päälle :D

[seriousdoublee]

2hours left 50p each backing track including X-Factor youtube.com/watch?v=VXAQ2RgxrB­I including this track

[solanopesado]

bad ass track man mad props!!..... for any one els try not using a pentatonic scale i use to be stuck on a pentatonic scale RUTT! and it got really boring and to be honest you cant really use them when your playing and make a solo sound good!... you sound more like a robot! my advice is to brake out of the pentos! and play what comes from the heart and youll be a better guitar player! and plus this will help u brake out of the rutt your stuck in!!

[infomorelos]

@solanopesado You might have a limited knowledge about pentas. You CAN make a solo sound good just with pentas. A good ressource with pentatonics is to shift for a few notes and then go back. When you start in Cm penta, go to Dm penta for a few notes and go back to Cm. Build licks with this idea. You can shift to any other penta. Depending on where you shift to, it sounds more or less out of key. Going back to Cm resolves the tension. Tastefull soloing ist about creating tension and release.

[solanopesado]

@infomorelos Vary TRUE I may have limited knowledge on pentos but doesn't everyone else? not one man can have all the knowledge (his head would explode). I belive that there is always somone that knows more than you or I and that there is always someone better at what we do or like to do. I have done and do what you have suggested but like i said it gets to be a bit boring and repetetive at times, to me at least. why not play a solo or melody on one stiring and build tension that way!

[infomorelos]

@solanopesado Sorry, no offence intented. I also agree on building up tension on just one string, however, big intervals are one ressource to build up tension, and that becomes a little bit difficult on just one string ... Back to pentas: "Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation" by Ramon Rickers gives you a good introduction and will provide you with plenty of ideas for penta-impros.

[solanopesado]

@infomorelos None taken, and thanks' for the ideas. My view on the Guitar or Guitar playing is to be able to let loose and be free at any given moment, BUT also you gotta know your stuff. You cant just plug something into your playing just because you can. Have to know when and where, its like an artist he can know all the techniques etc. about art, but if thats all he has, hes just gonna be a technical artist. same goes for Guitar! all I'm saying is play from the heart and be yourself! \m/

[WildBillJP]

@solanopesado I agree pure pentatonic scales can get boring quick. Try playing Cm pentatonic only over the Cm chord in this backing track, and def try C harmonic minor over the G major chord. Theres a ton of other stuff you can do as well. Hope that helps

[solanopesado]

@WildBillJP Thank you!! very helpful!

[WildBillJP]

@solanopesado No worries. There's SO MUCH you can do. Try arpeggiating an Ab7 over the Ab. That sounds really nice. You can even do G minor pentatonic over the G chord, all of the notes are diatonic to C minor. I could go on...

[solanopesado]

@WildBillJP thanks' man!!! yeah a lot of people seem to of misunderstood my first comment......but you seem to understand what im trying to say! thanks' again......this track is really good and i "shred" on it all the time but anyways yeah there is endless possibility's with this BA backing track!!

[Tonesnob72]

wrong solano..so verywrong!

[solanopesado]

@Tonesnob72 aww!!!!!! im wrong.......correct me oh wise one!!! oh please!!!!

[StankySwank]

@solanopesado Yeah the blues scale rutt is not good, trust me, it took me 2 years of playing jazz until i realized why i couldn't change my sound when soloing. LEARN OTHER SCALES, especially your major, dorian, and minor scales bc those are the most used. Please if you are looking to get better at soloing, and the best your doing is running up and down the penatonic scale, you won't get the most out of it. Rock on!

[solanopesado]

@StankySwank exactly I recall all my previous statements and replace them with yours!!!! thanks' man!!! Rock on as well!!!!! : )

[tangypasta]

@solanopesado its a minor scale...so much more soulfull

[MarcBeckK]

@solanopesado eeh, John Scofields "A Go Go" begs the differ, the solo is only in Bm pentatonic. While the harmony is B dorian.

[mariosuperlative]

@solanopesado ever heard the comfortably numb outro? Nothing but penatonic...

[blownspeakersss]

@mariosuperlative and the stairway to heaven solo which is labeled as the best guitar solo of all time. and its straight Am pentatonic.

[goodygoody23]

@blownspeakersss Stairway solo ventures out of pentatonics, but it is based around it. The best solos are based around a scale but manage to venture away from it too.

[blownspeakersss]

@goodygoody23 you're right, theres 2 notes in the entire stairway solo that aren't pentatonic :P

[goodygoody23]

@blownspeakersss Hence what I said in my comment

[goodygoody23]

@mariosuperlative Comfortably numb is natural minor

[NineMilesSouth]

@solanopesado your right man. The ideas in you head can really be limited with the use of scales..but the understanding of the scale will allow you to understand intervals and melodic movements that you can sing and aim to get on the fret board.

[Milesbakerforguitar]

@solanopesado Hmm.... Well in a sense when you play any other diatonic modes... they're pentatonic with two extra notes added... I use pentatonic a little bit. not much, I like using the different postions of it. Dorian, Phrygian, and Aeolian modes sound nice on this. and maybe add a dominant arpeggio before the downbeat of the i chord. Adds some tension and release ;)

[EnnesX]

@Milesbakerforguitar how do you get the A to sound right when you play dorian over this?

[Milesbakerforguitar]

@EnnesX hmm well the A is the minor sixth in C minor so it doesn't sit so well over this. I'd suggest use it as a passing tone instead of 'hanging' on it :)

[EnnesX]

@Milesbakerforguitar ok ty.

[Milesbakerforguitar]

@EnnesX np man.

[Add9Sus4]

@EnnesX If you're playing dorian in C minor, then you should be playing A flat, not A. C minor dorian scale is D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D.

[kyb0rg]

@Add9Sus4 It's actually F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D - Eb because C is the 6th degree (which is the minor mode) so you count from there. C Aeolian, D Locrian, Eb Ionian, F Dorian. :)

[Angryification]

@Add9Sus4 The Dorian MODE [not scale] of Ab major is F G Ab Bb C D Eb. :)

[D1vid3By0]

@solanopesado

of course, I ditched the pentatonic when i heard the harmonic minor. #7 in the minor scale = win!

[mikeman988]

@solanopesado That's bullshit. The best players use a mix of scales including the pentatonic.

[georgeygeorgey1]

@mikeman988 exactly. it's called developing a style. i personally use a mix of pentatonic and blues scales, the major/minor scale, some of it's modes like phrygian and lydian, and i also throw in some harmonic and melodic minor things aswell. pentatonic is a great scale because it helps the guitar player develop phrasing, considering you can't really hit a "bad" note in the pentatonic scale.

[TiagoMorbusSa]

@solanopesado My advice is never to learn pentatonic in the first place. Diatonic is where it's at! And don't forget the major seventh, it sounds killer in this one!

[thethethetheluis]

@solanopesado yeah thats if you dont know how to USE the penatonic (and mix it in with a diatonic) it sounds amazing that way

[notuern]

@solanopesado Not true at all.. people tend to feel that way because pentatonic scale is one of the hardest to master(Simply because its hard to play something really melodic and flowing with it.).

[VengeanceAfter]

@solanopesado In my humble opinion, you can use them as long as you use other scales

[warlordStratos94]

just awesome... the most emotional backing track i have ever played to...

[SpoonOfOdium]

Thumbs up if Cminor is the most emotional key in music!

[johnandthegoonsquad]

I actually started to feel the sadness of such a power ballad and started CRYING while playing to this. THAT is what I love about this track. I can FEEL the mood. Not just hear it. But it becomes clear while listening and playing. Thank you for putting this up.

[reandor]

Loved your honesty and BTs. Thanks

[neemiittoO]

vean mi version se que les gustara

[TheShredder101]

excellent man came up with some sweet lines :D subbed

[metallopaido]

Com'on guys,fuck the scales....I 'm playing 3 years,I 've got no idea of scales' names....I 'm soloing just by ear and I think I 'm doing well...That's music I guess...Anyway,nice backing track :)

[denislaiho]

@metallopaido Actually you do know about scales , you play them pretty much all the time its just that you dont know wich is what, But I also have to agree that jamming by ear improves your techniques if you are too lazy to learn theory, So basically you can still sound great even if you know zero theory :D

[WildBillJP]

@metallopaido Actually knowing scales, and specifically the chords you are soloing over, greatly increases your ability to come up with an awesome solo. Most people just simply don't know how to do it.