Backing Tracks for improvisation lovers Dec 2017

Backing Tracks for improvisation lovers Dec 2017

Backing Tracks for improvisation lovers Dec 2017

Use these backing tracks to practice improvisation and harness your music theory knowledge. If you are a musician or a singer you can practice the following scales with this list of jam tracks released this month by Only Backing Tracks

1- E minor (Aeolian Mode)
2- G minor
3- G Lydian Mode
4- F# minor
5- A minor



Thanks for all the patrons on Patreon. Become a patron of our channel and receive 2 full backing track downloads monthly plus a pdf with all scale charts used in the backing tracks released every month. These tracks are useful to take your soloing abilities to the next level no matter what kind of an instrumentalist you are (guitarist, keyboardist, singer, drummer, bassist, saxophonist, trumpet player, pianist..etc)

http://www.patreon.com/chusssmusic

2017 is ending.. it's been quite a journey. Wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year

-chusss

Why is Kirk Hammett considered a bad guitar player?

Why is Kirk Hammett considered a bad guitar player?

Kirk Hammett is a bad guitar player because of jealous fans of other bands. They think as the lead guitarist of one of the biggest bands in the history he must be the most technically light-speed ridiculously most advanced acrobatic guitarist ever.

But if you stop for a second and analyze Kirk Hammet solos like for example

Fade to black, unforgiven, ride the lightning, battery, one, enter sandman.. and actually almost every single solo, you will notice that he is actually a brilliant smart guitarist. He said once, just because I know 10 scales or techniques does not mean I have to throw them all in the same song.

While 100’s of other guitarists in rock and metal bands are considered technically more advanced than Kirk, his method and approach remains one of the reasons his solos with Metallica will live forever. He never intended to compose a technically jaw dropping solo, but he rather composed a soulful solo for each song, depending on its mood, harmony, energy and vibe. His solos sing vocal-like choruses that enforce the concept of the song and keep the melody tight, concentrated and strong.

Fans of other bands and their lead guitarists are the source of the biased-common idea that Kirk Hammet sucks as a guitarist. While I’m not saying that he is the best guitarist or a technically very advanced player, I can only say that he’s a dedicated, intelligent and hard working, inspiring guitarist. Kirk Hammett has been on the road for more than 30 years with Metallica, never missed a concert, never made any excuses, never tried to impress anyone or steal the spotlight and he is definitely a pillar of Metallica as a band. That alone should make him a role model for young and aspiring guitarists.

Read Mohamed Shawky's answer to Why is Kirk Hammett considered a bad guitar player? on Quora

Ditto Looper by TC Electronics (Jam and purchase link)

Ditto Looper by TC Electronics 

(Jam and purchase link)



Here is a link to purchase this unit from Amazon http://amzn.to/2Dij1Xo

Play Guitar Modes in a Minute (Ep.1 Lydian Mode)

Play Guitar Modes in a Minute (Ep.1)

Lydian Mode

In this series I will share with you my personal approach on how to use and apply modes concepts in your own solos. You can definitely apply this on any instrument but this series is mainly for guitarists.

This is episode 1 on the Lydian Mode. 

Q:
why do I start with Lydian? which is the 4th mode derived from the major scale (Ionian Mode) why not start on the 1st or even the 2nd mode?

A:
First, most important thing that I learned when it came to really understand modes is to think of each as an independent scale. The most useful step you can do first is to train your ears to distinguish and really feel the unique sound of the Lydian mode. Treat it as an independent scale with a unique intervallic structure. Lydian is one of the easiest modes to recognize if you are new, if you are a lead guitarist most probably you have heard those exotic-alien like melodies of guitarists like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. They are well known for their extensive use of this mode in specific.

Here is a couple of instrumentals based on this mode that you can check
Flying in a blue dream by Joe Satriani
Curve by John Petrucci

The standard approach of linking each mode to the parent major scale is useful as well but might not be of any help unless you know the sound of Lydian. Like I said Lydian is on 4th degree of major scale. So 2 degrees higher comes the 6th degree which is the Aeolian mode or the good old friend, Natural Minor Scale. This can be more handy as majority of lead guitarists know the minor scale better since mostly they could have started to play the blues on guitar. Most players are familiar with the pentatonic minor.

In our example today, we will play the Lydian mode with the root G. With a quick look on the scale chart above we can see that on fret 10 on string A we have the note G. If we check 4 degrees lower we have the note D and this is our the parent major scale. If we look 2 degrees higher from G we have B which is the Aeolian mode or the relative minor.

In other words all the notes included in G Lydian are exactly the same notes we have in D Ionian and B Aeolian. If you are familiar with the pattern of the major or minor scale you can easily start to play the mode of today's lesson the G Lydian. However to do this properly you will need to have the right resolution.

Q: How different modes can have exactly the same notes yet they are distinct?
A: In our case here D Ionian - G Lydian and B Aeolian all have exactly the same notes, what matters is the order of the notes. The most important note that is the key of distinction is the root note and since all those modes are diatonic, the order of the consisting 7 notes are based after the root note.

So to have the right resolution we need to resolve to the root note, this will make melodies more strong and coherent to the listener. So generally when we play G Lydian we need to end all our phrases or melodies on the tonic note (or home) the root note G.

Lets look at the backing track below. It's basically divided into a verse and a chorus repeating.

The verse chords are for the Lydian mode in G, then the chords of the chorus part are in B Aeolian where you can play the familiar natural minor scale (or even the pentatonic minor scale since they both will be in harmony with the backing chords)

Ok.. I know this lesson could be a bit too much of new information at once, so here is a summary to recap :)

1. G Lydian has exactly same notes as B Natural Minor (Aeolian).
2. Always resolve to the root note based on the chords.
3. G Lydian is all over the fretboard and is NOT only in a specific box or position. Locate the note G everywhere and play it.
4. G Lydian is basically a G Ionian (major scale) with a #4.
5. When you play less notes you have more control and could easily utilize the unique sound of any mode in general.

Hope this lessons helps you to understand modes on the guitar easily and help you pick up the guitar and start implementing the Lydian mode right away.

My name is chusss and you can find more about my music, lessons and jam tracks on my youtube, facebook, and instagram Chusss Music Youtube Channel

Joe Satriani Talks about Carlos Santana and Hendrix influence on him

Joe Satriani - “Smooth Soul”

Joe Satriani Talks about Carlos Santana and Hendrix influence on him

E minor Funky Bluesy Guitar Backing Track

E minor Funky Bluesy Guitar Backing Track

All scale charts and improvisation tips are found in the video above. Keep rocking
OnlyBackingTracks

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كوردات جيتار "أجمل عيون" (برج الحوت) لعمرو دياب

كوردات أغنية "أجمل عيون" (برج الحوت) لعمرو دياب من ألبوم "معدي الناس"

الأغنية بأكملها على نفس الكوردات طول الوقت ولكن مع اختلاف الزمن للنصف في حالة عزف المقدمة اللحنية وهي في مفتاح Gm  وهو السلم المستخدم لعزف الصولوهات ويمكن استخدامه للارتجال ايضا.

Gm       Cm       F    A#        Eb Cm       D    Gm

وهنا كيفية مسك كل الكوردات المستخدمة

  

وهنا سلم  G Minor المستخدم في الصولو

وفي هذا الفيديو عزف كامل للحن الأغنية على الجيتار مع صولو ارتجالي على نفس السلم السابق

تحميل الأغنية من هنا

New Orleans Blues Backing Track for musicians and singers (Em)

New Orleans Blues Backing Track for musicians and singers (Em)

Check the scale diagrams below to see how to play the E minor pentatonic scale along with this backing track. Check the video above to play the backing track and read more improvisation tips.

Joe Satriani - Brazil TV

Joe Satriani - Live on Brazil TV

Guitar god Joe Satriani still spreading his music around the world. That was on Sao Paulo Brazil TV at age of 44.

B.B.King & Albert Collins - Call It Stormy Monday

B.B.King & Albert Collins - Call It Stormy Monday

Guthrie Govan mimics the greats!! (Guitar Gods!)

Guthrie Govan mimics the greats

اسئلة واجوبة - أسرار الجيتار حلقة (2) 2017

اسئلة واجوبة - أسرار الجيتار حلقة (2) 2017

Scott Henderson Toe Jam 4 SVV one song

Scott Henderson Toe Jam 4 SVV one song

Slash clean blues guitar solo

Slash clean blues guitar solo

أسئلة واجوبة - أسرار الجيتار حلقة (1) 2017

أسئلة واجوبة  - أسرار الجيتار حلقة (1) 2017

Augustweather Ends the myth of King nothing

Augustweather Ends The Myth of King nothing

"where is your crown king nothing?!"

#mcgregor

With all the hype around the match with #mayweather which has a main target of convincing people it is the biggest fight ever so they can be attracted to pay money.

I'd like to remind people that King nothing Conor has not defended his title a single time in more than one year!

What kind of a fucking champ is this? 😎

The only matches he played as a champ was against #natediaz he got choked in the first and hardly won after he got banged in the second.

He has been freezing the feather weight title since he won it after the mental warfare against Aldo. Then it was returned to Aldo. As Mcgregor stepped to fight against Mayweather he DOES NOT hold 2 titles. He used to, but that was in the past!

What the fuck are they trying to sell to everyone!

Conor maybe good and he has to be I won't deny that, but he is NOT great, and he is a bitch for money. All the people around him including Dana White are treating him as the chicken who lays golden eggs not because he is a great fighter! just because of his trash talking ass on the media and that soon can be shut up with real fighters like Floyd. Conor is the annoying employee whose uncle is the boss that everyone hates.

It's time for Conor to shut the fuck up and understand he has been the slut everyone pimped to make money. Well, I know the taste of dirty money can be tempting and hard to resist. But that what differentiates a GREAT fighter and a McChicken 😎

Lastly with all due RESPECT.. McGregor is NOT Ireland, It was a smart try but enough with this nationalistic bullshit

PLUS McGregor is NOT Boxing and that doesn't need to be proven further after the match with Mayweather

It is easy to draw that inspiring picture of McGregor as the great champ who went from a plumber to the king of UFC, specially to kids and audience of fairy tales and disney films.

In reality McGregor is well to do fighter with charisma on TV who has been inflated way above the limit till he exploded eventually and proven not be a god nor a king

He thought it will be Mayweather which it was but not only, it is also #Augustweather 😎

#UFC

E Phrygian Dominant Metal Backing track 122 Bpm

E Phrygian Dominant Metal Backing track 122 Bpm

Phrygian Dominant Guitar Solo

Phrygian Dominant Guitar Solo

FRAGILE dedicated to Sting by Farhad Besharati

FRAGILE dedicated to Sting by Farhad Besharati

Long Groovy Blues Jam

Summer Flu Blues

بلوز زكام الصيف.

امبارح نزلت باك تراك وقلت النهاردة انزل فيديو ارتجال عليه عشان وانا بعمله جاتلي كذا فكرة كنت حابب أجربهم.
المهم في ليلة واحدة الدنيا اتغيرت وجالي دور زكام شديد ومناخيري سابت وبقت حاجة أخر زروطة ومناديل وقرف زي مانتم شايفين في الفيديو

مش عايز اقرفكم معايا بس الموقف ده فكرني بموقف تاني مشابه حصل من سنة تقريبا في 2016.
وكان من المواقف الغريبة اللي اترتب عليها أحداث كثير بعدها, نفس الحكاية في ليلة من ليالي العمر لقيت جالي دور زكام بس كان معاه حرارة ساعتها. قبل ما الحرارة تشتد عليا قعدت على الكيبورد ادندن شوية كوردات كده وفجأة افتكرت مجموعة قديمة وحبيت العب عليها واعيد توزيعها وانتاجها في شكل باك تراك يساعدني العب عليها صولو وأشاركه مع صحابي أو اللي بيحبو المزيكا عامة.

المهم في النص الحرارة ابتدت تزيد ومقدرتش أكمل فقمت أفرد على السرير وسبت الكوردات شغالة لوب بصوت بيانو فقط من غير اي آلات تانية وفضلت نايم على السرير بفرفر من الحرارة لكن الغريب اني كنت حاسس اني مبسوط جدا ولقيت افكار كثير بتيجي في دماغي وانا قاعد اسمع اللوب ده على مدار ساعتين تقريبا وقعدت أدندن بصوتي لحد لما مراتي كانت بتشد في شعرها وأكيد الجيران كلهم كانو مشاركينها نفس الشعور
لكن كثر خيرها في الأخر ادتني حباية اسبرين قالت يمكن تنهي المهرجان ده على خير!

أول لما الحرارة ابتدت تنزل كنا في نص الليل, قمت قاعد على المكنة ولقيت نفسي بكل هدوء قمت راصص تراكات بيز ودرامز ووتريات وشوية تحابيش من اللي كنت سامعها في دماغي وانا بفرفر على السرير قبل مانساها أو تتلخبط وتتحول لحاجات تانية.

بعد كل ده و في خلال اسبوعين كنت خلصت الباك تراك وحملته على قناتي على اليوتيوب وعمل ضجة غير عادية والحمد لله جالي عن طريقه فرص شغل كثير وكان فاتحة خير بالنسبة لي ومازال من أكثر التراكات اللي عملتها نجاح ومشاهدات

التراك هنا واسمه “What If I Was Wrong”
https://youtu.be/-g-2KJ3gZ4c

الجام اللي في فيديو النهاردة كنت حابب اعمله حاجة 3 دقائق في السريع كعينة على الباك لكن برضه بفضل الزكام والحر والرطوبة ماخدتش بالي غير لما الباك خلص وقطع 17 دقيقية. طبعا في غلطات بالجملة وميت حاجة محتاجة تتحسن. ده غير القرف والمناديل.
لكن انا قلت اسيبه زي ماهو لأنه فكرني بالباك القديم وفي نفس الوقت ممكن ابقى استفيد من الافكار اللي فيه واطورها بعد كده ان شاء الله.

لو الزهر لعب تاني يبقى شئ جميل جدا طبعا ولو مالعبش يبقى الحال على ماهو عليه..
لكن على الأقل كان في 17 دقيقة في الحياة أحسن من غيرهم كتير
خاصة ان العيال اللي بيعملو دوشة في الشارع كانو نايمين
وكلب الجيران ماكانش هيجان

(ال-زائر)

Guitar Backing Tracks 2017

Guitar Backing Tracks by OBT 2017

Oriental/Arabic/Egyptian Scales Guitar Backing Tracks

Oriental/Arabic/Egyptian Scales Guitar Backing Tracks

Guthrie Govan @ Visioninmusica 2017

Guthrie Govan @ Visioninmusica 2017

MARTY FRIEDMAN - WHITEWORM (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

MARTY FRIEDMAN - WHITEWORM (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Desert Flower

Guitarra Azul - Desert Flower

Only Blues. New Backing Tracks Album Released

Only Blues. Backing Tracks Vol.1

Only Blues backing tracks is an album specially arranged to help people just starting to play the blues take their playing-ability and skills to the next level.

You can not simply master the blues by merely playing the minor pentatonic scale up and down the neck. In this album 12 tracks in various keys and styles in ranging tempos. This album is almost 3 hours long of blues music that will definitely help you along the way to master blues soloing on your favorite instrument(s).

Instrumentalists of all kinds, keyboardists, violinists, guitarists, bassists and players of other instruments like harmonica, sax, cello, viola, drums and percussion. All can benefit by practicing improvisation in various keys applying different scales. 

Some of the keys covered in Only Blues Volume.1

C

D

E

Em

F

G

A

Am

Some of the scales you can practice with this album

Pentatonic Minor Scale

Natural Minor Scale (Aeolian Mode)

Harmonic Minor Scale

Pentatonic Major Scale

Minor Blues Scale

Major Blues Scale

Dorian Mode

Mixolydian Mode

Some of the musical styles included in this volume:

(All 12 bar quick change for a more focused practice)

Texas Blues - Chicago Blues

Minor Blues Ballad

Blues Boogie

Blues Rock

Blues Shuffle 

Tempos range between 60 and 150 Bpm

Total Duration = 02:46 hours

Album homepage (Get a 15$ discount when you purchase now for a 10 days period)

http://bit.ly/onlyblues1-17

Take a listen to this album here

Check youtube link for guided video backing tracks that include playing tips and neck diagrams of all the scales used to play the blues on guitar.

Paul Gilbert - The Jam

Paul Gilbert  - The Jam

Awesome jam by Paul Gilbert. Incredible control and precision.

Stanley Jordan - Eleanor Rigby Live from NAMM 2015

Stanley Jordan - Eleanor Rigby Live from NAMM 2015

رمضان جانا - Ramadan Gana by #chusss

شكر خاص بجد لكل الناس اللي عملو شير للفيديو بتاع رمضان جانا

من الصحاب وحتى كل الناس اللي معرفهومش!

ناس كثير طلبت مني التاب وهو موجود في أخر البوست ده

بس ملاحظة صغيرة هو التاب مكتوب بطريقة مبسطة شوية

غير اللي انا بلعبها في الفيديو ده

بس هي في الأخر نفس الميلوديز أكيد

رمضان كريم وكل سنة وانتم طيبين

لينك التحميل بيظهر بعد الشير على طول

ولو أي حد واجه أي مشكلة يكلمني على الفيس بوك

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How BB King Changed Blues And Rock Guitar

How BB King Changed Blues And Rock Guitar

Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff (Live from Crossroads 2010)

Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff (Live from Crossroads 2010)

With some cool improvised solos at the start and by the end

BB King \ Eric Clapton - The Thrill Is Gone 2010 Live

BB King \ Eric Clapton - The Thrill Is Gone 2010 Live

With many cool solo jams by many other guitarists.

The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King & Eric Clapton 2010
"Crossroads Guitar Festival' Live Concert at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Chicago 2010 USA
Blues Song Written by Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951 (West Coast Blues Musician)

Santana - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Santana - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The Art of Listening - Music Documentary (2017)

The Art of Listening - Music Documentary (2017)

KXM "BREAKOUT" (Official Video) George Lynch, dUg Pinnick (King's X)

KXM "BREAKOUT" (Official Video) George Lynch, dUg Pinnick (King's X)

George Lynch, dUg Pinnick (King's X) 2017

KXM "Scatterbrain" (Official Video) George Lynch, dUg Pinnick

Iron Maiden - When The Wild Wind Blows

Iron Maiden - When The Wild Wind Blows

ROTH, SHEEHAN, VAI & BISSONETTE live 1986

ROTH, SHEEHAN, VAI & BISSONETTE  live 1986

Amazing improvisations by Vai and Billy Sheehan

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise

This song is performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan and appears on the album In Step (1989) This is a soulful instrumental. After a full day of recording material for the album, Stevie asked his producer to leave the tape running and to turn down the lights. All alone, he recorded the guitar track on his Fender Strat. Double Trouble added the backing later, including an organ foundation from Reese Wynans.

Weekend Jam 1 - April 2017

Weekend Jam 1 - April 2017

Steve Vai - A Peek into Modern Primitive

Steve Vai - A Peek into Modern Primitive

Emotional Arabic Guitar Instrumental by #chusss

Emotional Arabic Guitar Instrumental by #chusss

Released on my album 'The Visit' 2010

Track title: Whenever I Miss You

Emotional Instrumental in B Minor, Share and Sub if you like

Granada - Nassir Shamma & Carlos Ben

Granada - Nassir Shamma & Carlos Benihana

Jazzy Hijazy - Backing track and chords

Jazzy Hijazy - Backing track and chords

Jazz chord progression suitable for arabic/middle eastern melodies with a latin feel.
It's a good mix that I love to play sometime :)

Below you can find a demonstration of the chords and a list of all chords used in this progression. This chord progression is common in jazz, I didn't compose it I only substituted some chords and made some subtle modifications to adjust and match the arabic melodies I like to play on the guitar



Here is the chord progression

Soon I will post a short video to show how the chords can be easily played.

The Eagles - Live At The Capital Centre, March 1977

The Eagles - Live At The Capital Centre, March 1977

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird

Wala Yoom - Tribute to Mother

Wala Yoom - Tribute to Mother

ولا يوم - إهداء إلى أمي

موسيقى وعزف الزائر
Music, Performed by chusss - The Visitor
All rights reserved 2007

Iron Maiden - Wasting Love (Official Video)

Iron Maiden - Wasting Love (Official Video)

One of the best songs from Fear Of The Dark album 1992

David Gilmour - In Any Tongue (Official Music Video)

David Gilmour - In Any Tongue (Official Music Video)

Guthrie Govan mimics the greats!! (Guitar Gods!)

Guthrie Govan mimics the greats!! (Guitar Gods!)

ارتجال شرقي على الجيتارمع خلفية رومبا أسباني

ارتجال شرقي على الجيتارمع خلفية رومبا اسباني 

Steve Vai . Al Di Meola Jam

Steve Vai . Al Di Meola Jam

"September" by Andy Timmons

"September" by Andy Timmons

Ibanez studios, Acoustic series.

Steve Vai & Andy Timmons Beat it

Steve Vai & Andy Timmons Beat it

that's what happens when great guitarists gather at an event by Ibanez guitars :)

The Unique Flavor of Guitar Modes

The Unique Flavor of Guitar Modes

Not only on the guitar of course, they are modes.. Music modes can be applied in any kind of music on any instrument. In this quick post I will give you an overview of the unique flavor of each of the musical modes.

I have been planning to do this long ago, and here it is finally.

The concept of parallel modes (when you play all modes starting from the same root note)

has been very useful to me to understand and apply the musical modes. Feeling the unique flavor/taste of each mode helped me apply it perfectly in the right context while improvising or composing a solo for a song or a guitar instrumental.

I first read about that in a lesson by Joe Satriani that he posted in "Guitar World" magazine.

So in this video I will go improvising through all the modes starting from C.

I play each mode separately for about 40 seconds then move on to the next one.

With each mode I have included some words that describe the feeling I get

when I listen or play that mode, this too helped me understand the modes clearly

The main purpose of this video is to show the unique taste of each guitar mode. However here are scale charts of the 7 modes as demonstrated in the video. Make sure to listen and play each mode slowly until your ears and mind are clearly aware and familiar with its unique taste.

  

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All the backing tracks are from the album Groovin' Through The Modes Vol.2

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