simple jazz guitar backing track

100 BPM IIm7 V7 Imaj7 VIm7

Here is a simple backing track with one of the most common chord progressions.(see picture)
Try using C major scale but targeting the chord tones as harmony changes.
Also try using only chord notes (arpeggios) over chords.
Why is this track so simple?

Because if you want to progress in your skills you must practice with easy and understandable music.

Play with this track for at least few weeks few times a day.
You'll notice that every time you do it better,with more understanding,more ideas flowing to your mind and fingers.
After enough repetitions improvising becomes your second nature-it becomes effortless and fluent.

Key to success in improvisation is a lot of repetitions and playing along easy and interesting jam tracks.

Trying to play with real jazz tracks will only make you confused and you will not improve at all (because you'll not understand anything and you'll be lost in hard to understand music).

Once you can improvise over this jam track you'll find it much easier to play along with other,more demanding tracks or real tunes.


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[capitandelnorte]

Hello :) I love the backing track. A small question though, before I read the entire video description I just tried playing Dorian over the minor chords and Mixolydian over the Majors. For the first two chords it´s all good as both D dorian and G Mixolydian mode has the same notes as the C major scale. But for the last two chords, the Bb in the C Mixo and the F# in the A Dorian sounds horribly out of place :( what is the reason for this? Love the video and the progression. You are a great help

[desktopmetronome]

@capitandelnorte

I don't see the idea behind using Bb and F# .

All 4 chords in video are are part of a Cmaj progression

[philliesomasound]

haha im glad you msg back. its nice to see ppl talking on youtube without crying about something (maturity, race, religion, etc). You my friend have a good personality and good taste in music. If you live in NJ/Philly PA I would definetly form a band with you or add you to mine. happy jammings, and thx for putting the track up

[desktopmetronome]

@philliesomasound

Well I don't live in Philly ,but I might move

[philliesomasound]

I like the dry humor

[desktopmetronome]

@philliesomasound

Why,because it's so dry ?

hehe

[desktopmetronome]

@TheBrownTies

Thanks :)

If it sounds good than you can heh

[desktopmetronome]

@hrns

I'm not monkey for sure :)

[capitandelnorte]

@desktopmetronome I did it to practice changing between the modes rapidly, becouse I thought theoretically it should be possible to use Mixolydian for the major chords and Dorian for the minors.

[desktopmetronome]

@TheCoolooS

All right,

nice of you to have reported everything :)

[TheCoolooS]

nice backing track. i've heard of the dorian scale and just thought i should play some jazz. i went to check the dorian scale and played it over this backing track. i started on the note A (5th fret low e string) and it worked pretty good :D

[Jungletroll01]

great post