Bb Blues (Jazz/Swing feel) 170 bpm : Backing Track

[@guitareimprovisation]

If you want other backing tracks to be published, please give me your suggestions :-)

[@blinko7149]

Um I have this piece for regionals, Morning Calm, if u could make that, that would be great!

[@mareaumusic]

it'd be amazing to jam this fine backing through all keys. Could you put that together? 👍

[@elninojustino]

Lulu is Back in town

[@guidovivan5035]

do A Child is Born

[@j.p.7708]

Sundown by Wes Montgomery, please.........

[@DimIsHigh]

This backing track really makes you think that jazz improv is actually easy, lol. I absolutely love it, been playing over it for at least a year now

[@caprise-music6722]

Easy is a strong word.. But yes, lovely track

[@DimIsHigh]

@@caprise-music6722 No I know, that was the point of my comment - the track allows you to just blast a blues scale with some chromaticism here and there and feel like a pro (and it's pretty awesome because my skills don't go much further than that 😂)

[@guitarman6742]

@@DimIsHighYou're incredible.

[@emo-sup-sock]

@@DimIsHigh Try using chord tones as key centers. When the Cm7 comes, do some C minor licks! Hitting the Cm7 and the F7 will always sound jazzy.

[@AdamMathews]

I like how using backing tracks helps me experiment with chord voicing (I’m just starting to get into jazz piano) I can literally augment some chords and they will sound good as long as I use the right notes like what this is hacking

[@johnosullivan6620]

Never played jazz before just hoped right into the groove so awesome!!!! Thanks for the new genre!!!

[@guitarman6742]

I've played jazz for 35 years and I'm challenged every time. It's about how far can you take it?

[@illusionismm]

guitare improvisation has done as much for the jazz community as the real book

[@Tomservo-kr1us]

The actual jazz community doesn’t use the real book

[@benwinstanleymusic]

One of my favourite ever backing tracks, this has brought me so much joy. Thank you!!!!

[@johndias6614]

Just got Kansas City thrown at me. 24 bars Bb blues. I slowed this down to .75 and it jives. Thank you. Give me something to chew on!

[@DARRBEV]

That's the most fun I had in ages. Cheers for the track

[@johnosullivan6620]

Love the bass too!

[@PezDeNeon]

Great backing track, I'm currently studying bloomdido

[@benRely]

I've maybe viewed this over a thousand views now I have grown as a musician because of this bc of you 😅

[@guitareimprovisation]

I'm very happy to read it!! :-)

[@guitarplayalongchannel6613]

Wow. Thank you so much. These tracks are great!

[@MomLAU]

In a word: FUN!!!!

[@avivgolan6615]

Wow amazing!!!!! Thank you so much it helps me a lot❤

[@akarangkoc2422]

my ears are loving this

[@KentJohnston-f9v]

I think I will use this to back my Harmonica KZbin video. Thanks!

[@giafox4114]

so good. great for improvisation.

[@DaddySantaClaus]

great to practice comping

[@jackcolt6875]

Very nice. I’m working on tenor madness and this is great. I like how you show the chord changes on the screen. Thank you!

[@jaxryz_380]

yo, that's sick, I came here based on the same song!

[@robertghini405]

Super bon, Merci !

[@mariapolynceva9211]

Great for improv on sax

[@karenfrye4546]

Do some Surf and Flamenco? That's always energizing.

[@michaelv8721]

Hey yall! Just got into improvising and these videos are a god-send! Anyone know any cool scales I could use over dominant 7 chords?

[@dylanlemon9989]

Hi Michael, the mixolydian mode is a good place to start, which is basically a normal major scale with the 7 th degree lowered by a semitone. Using this to play over a C7 chord, the notes would be C D E F G A Bb C (Bb replacing B). Also try this as an arpeggio highlighting the chord tones 1 3 5 b7 (flat 7). There are some nice extensions to dominant chords which will add some flavour to your imrpov as you develop, they can be used in solos as arpeggios and each add a different texture, some popular ones in jazz are 7b9, 7#5 and the 7#9. Hope this helps and enjoy the journey

[@robertogiordano6453]

Thanks a lot!

[@Barry000]

Great groove

[@BernardGlorian]

excellent tempo et Son de backing !! un grand merci

[@sumnamagar690]

Dn

[@ronaldwiggins3226]

Great track

[@mikesosa1146]

Thanks!!!

[@austridge31]

Was just soloing over random blues backing tracks. Then this came on... That's when I gave up! 😂😂😂

[@Don_from_cairns_australia]

Yeah man

[@countblue]

Bb minor pentatonic and G major pentatonic alternating give very interesting effects. As usual with almost all extended blues schemes. ;-)

[@ramencurry6672]

Hi

[@countblue]

@@ramencurry6672 Hi

[@prodnoleo]

That’s true I like mixing B flat major and minor on this track

[@Scapulomancy]

Merci !!!

[@brianharris1830]

Tremendous work! Head bobbin music...makes want to say “Hully Gully”!!!!

[@hannahstansfield4034]

Very nice

[@baguette3000-V2]

nice job!

[@garrattmarius9767]

Would you consider doing Just Friends?

[@guitareimprovisation]

Garratt Marius Noted

[@petel2952]

It's been done.

[@awwbubba3071]

0:05

[@mariorossi1802]

Great…would somebody be so kind to list few jazz songs with this exact chord progression? Thank you

[@ishaangupte3336]

Freddie freeloader

[@sacha_m.r]

@mariorossi1802 Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk Kenny Dorham - Blue Friday Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness Freddy Hubbard - Blues for Miles Miles Davis - Blues by Five Have nice jam sessions with that :)

[@DanBellPhotography]

Brilliant

[@leandrolenzi2677]

Boa para praticar Tenor Madness.

[@musical3325]

Leondro poderia traduzir em notas estas cifras pra mim tentar tocar no trompete.. fazendo favor...

[@cobyup10]

Good track but what made you choose Dm7b5 over Dm7 (iii chord in Bb vs. the vii chord in Eb)? Just curious because this is the first time I've seen this change. Thanks!

[@guitareimprovisation]

Dm7b5 is very common, mor than Dm7 I think. It's a II V aiming at Cm

[@cobyup10]

@@guitareimprovisation On the contrary. I would have to say that the -7 (m7) is more readily heard in most blues changes. But there aren't any wrong notes with the m7b5 either.

[@davidtomkins4242]

cobyup10 the answer is nt in theorising, but just ‘i think it sounds good’

[@cobyup10]

@@davidtomkins4242 I think "it sounds good" too. I was just wondering why you'd want to use the less frequently used m7b5 on iii rather than the naturally occurring m7 since you'd likely be encountering the latter in most music.

[@JonathanHerrera_Bass]

it's a minor ii V, to the ii-minor chord (Cm). I agree, it's a little weird.

[@Herehear49]

It does mean a thing...

[@triplucid3563]

Great improv guitar tracks that are backing friend

[@Mr-6666]

Sounds like a jazzy version of jailhouse rock.

[@guitarman6742]

Oh yeah...absolutely.

[@saythingstomichael]

Jazz/blues is the evolution of a 12 bar blues (jailhouse rock etc). It's just with a few extra changes such as #4 and turnarounds 👍

[@stages.guitares]

Hello, please tell me what the "D/0" means , and how to play it. Thank you.

[@lapa101998]

It’s a D semi-diminished...you have to play the 1 - 3minor - 5flat - 7 minor grades of the D chord (D-F-Ab-C)

[@m.vonhollen6673]

Try that minor 2-5-1 like this: C-F-Ab-D (frets 10 and 9 on the top 4 strings) to G7#5#9 (B-F-A#-D#, same area) to Cm (bar across fret 8, add in the 9 after, the D on fret 10). (Tu parles français?)

[@RedTowerStds]

Which chord is E°???

[@jellezegers]

E augmented. It means the 5th goes up by half a note

[@jellezegers]

Never mind, sorry, it's the exact opposite; it's E diminished, which means the 5 is lowered half a note. For example, C is c g e and C° is c g eflat

[@claudiopetruci]

easy way to think about it and make it happen: in any dominant 7 chord just move the root note half step and you get it, in this case just keep the notes from previous (D#7 or Eb7 chord) and move the root note half step up (Eb to E) keepping all the rest of the notes in place, a bit too late here but good luck to everyone :) happy playing

[@Amaxia]

E G Bb Dd

[@jessebss]

What is DØ chord?

[@alfrugo]

Half diminished

[@nullepartcom]

I trust money

[@aidenlee7892]

What happened to 200?

[@stew2860]

Aiden Lee 170’s pretty standard for Jazz

[@petel2952]

There's a "standard for jazz?" 200 is for the better players kid.

[@Opticillusion160]

Pete L BPM has nothing to do with skill lol

[@asal424]

Which scale to use to improvise on this? please helpppp :)

[@jameshollingsworth1307]

b flat blues sale

[@ColdBang]

on D half-diminished and on G7, try to play a B natural. And for added color, try A flat on the same chords (this would be the b9 of the G7). Hope that helps!