Backing Tracks

C minor backing track [004]

Chord Progression

This track has the following chords:

i7  iv7
Cm7 Fm7

In the backing track we start with the chords high up on the neck, slowly playing down the beck using different inversions.

Improvising

This track uses the natural minor scale.

You can improvise over it using the following scales:

B minor backing track [003]

Chord Progression

This track has the following chords:

i9  viø  iiø  V7
Bm  G#ø  C#ø  F#7

In the backing track we start with the chords high up on the neck, slowly playing down the beck using different inversions.

Improvising

This track uses a mixture of minor modes.

E minor backing track [002]

This is a backing track in E minor, with drums, strings and bass.

String Arrangement

The track has strings, drums and bass guitar. The guitar fills quite a low register, so to make room for improvisation, I placed the strings quite high up.

The bass guitar is playing a single E note, with the strings filling out the e minor harmony, with violins I & II playing octaves, moving between the E and D note, to create an E minor 7 feel: