Downloadable backing tracks (walking bass & swing drums)–using various chord changes and a variety of tempos–for jamming along and tightening up your Blues and Swing chops in the key of F…
Improvisation Tips:
- When you comp, mix things up rhythmically–sometimes on the beat, sometimes after the beat, and sometimes before the beat.
- And when you solo, play the idea! Play in coherent 12-bar ideas, and in three coherent 4-bar phrases.
Pattern #1…
Walking bass and swing drums on the most basic 12-bar Blues changes (basic chords shown for reference only)…
Listen to two choruses @ 100 bpm…
Downloadable Zip File containing 7 MP3s, each 12 choruses long, tempos ranging from 100 beats per minute (bpm) to 160 bpm in 10 bpm increments…
Pattern #2
Adding some jazzier chord changes (basic chords shown for reference only):
- Bb7 (IV7) chord in bar 2.
- F7-E7-Eb7-D7 (I7-VII7-bVII7-VI7) chromatic walkdown to VI7=V7/ii in bars 7 & 8.
- Gm7-C7 (ii7-V7) in bars 9 & 10.
- C7-A7-D7-G7 (I7-VI7-II7-V7 or I7-V7/ii-V7-V-V7) Turnaround in bars 11 & 12…
Listen to two choruses @ 140 bpm…
Downloadable Zip File containing 7 MP3s, each 12 choruses long, tempos ranging from 100 beats per minute (bpm) to 160 bpm in 10 bpm increments…
Pattern #3…
Adding lots of harmonic sophistication:
- Bb7 (IV7) chord in bar 2.
- Secondary dominant Cm7-F7 (ii7-V7/IV) in bar 4.
- Bdim (#IVdim7) chord in bar 5.
- Secondary dominant Am7b5-D7 (ii7b5-V7/ii) in bar 8.
- Gm7-C7 (ii7-V7) in bars 9 & 10.
- C7-A7-D7-G7 (I7-VI7-II7-V7 or I7-V7/ii-V7-V-V7) Turnaround in bars 11 & 12…
Listen to two choruses @ 160 bpm…
Downloadable Zip File containing 7 MP3s, each 12 choruses long, tempos ranging from 100 beats per minute (bpm) to 160 bpm in 10 bpm increments…