Pink Floyd Backing Track G Minor

So much positive feed back from the last pink floyd style track so I thought I would make another one :) This one's based on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and is in G minor. However, aside from the main section which uses the chords from the song, the rest of the track was written by me. Hope you enjoy it and, as always, I really appreciate all the support and comments! :D

[@258lemons]

Hey all. Thank you for all the kind words. If you have a moment please check out my new song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qILVmJKsfNmFhrs&ab_channel=258lemons

[@crazyparty916]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4fWipmEr7N3bq8

[@royboy257]

i started playing when i was 12 years old, i am now 70 and i still like to jam to this kind of track it still holds good for me after all the years

[@AlfOfAllTrades]

+Roy waters Do you have any audio or video of you playing? Would love to hear it.

[@B0bi_007]

Massive respect for ya.

[@yverickdast1765]

We all sure need to hear you play

[@dpmedhurst]

Started at 15 and 63 now... I've got some catching up to do Roy. Good on yer. Great track to jam to Many Thanks

[@Stamango]

Jeez I thought I was the old guy at 54 rock on fellas.

[@nahuel34]

This is literally the best backing track in the known universe

[@inafern]

yep

[@GuitaristInProgress]

I have it on good authority this is the best backing track in some unknown universes, too.

[@r.l.jeffries1091]

The Time one is pretty good too.

[@the_bilbs4823]

You said it boss, Currently trying to make a baby with this track She likes it smooth and gentle MAH BOI

[@jaredclarkgray231]

Best comment ever

Woooooooooooaaaaaahhhh whooooooooooohhh ooooooooooaaaaaaaahhhh! Oh oh ohhh oooooooooh oooh AAAAAAAHHHH!

[@stephenlennartz3466]

I know exactly what you mean ... ; )

[@TKkid-yg7dq]

someone who realizes what this track is to!

[@fdefeanor9865]

i understood that reference nj!

[@carsonthompson8637]

AAAAAAHH AAAAAAAH AAAAAAAAH

[@LesPaul-MorePaul]

One of the most beautiful pieces ever created. That voice makes me melt.

[@darkwarbr]

8 years later, and still the best backing track EVER!!!! Thank you so much, Dude!!!!! I improvised on this backing track more times than I can remember..

[@Hawx885]

One thing that i love about this track is that you can shift between modes as the melody changes. You can play dorian/mixolydian really soft and sensitive in the first part of the track and as the melody gets darker you can shift to the blues scale and natural minor and play more harsh and that creates a really powerful contrast. Love it!!

[@guitarlove100]

I just can't get over how amazing this is to jam too. The faces i'm pulling man :O

[@mtarek16]

Same here man. Exactly the same.

[@258lemons]

Hi all, I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for checking out this backing track. As of when this comment was written, it is the most viewed guitar backing track on youtube. A feat that frankly blows me away. I get messages and comments frequently asking whether the track can be used for a song etc. YES that is exactly what I made this for! This goes for any of my tracks! These have been created to inspire creativity. If you feel you want to write a song off of it then frankly it is my honour that you have chosen my track for that and the backing track has served its purpose :) Hope everyone is keeping well and rocking hard! Apologies for the long winded message!

[@phraggers]

Dude you rock. This is my favourite backing track, been jamming to it since 2013 and showed off some messy shredding on my channel with it, haha!

[@AndJamTracksForAll2014]

I listen to your backing tracks as a reference when I make backing tracks because your's sound so good.

[@hanreality.7266]

Lovely.

[@taylorallen7373]

hey man I wanted to tell you that not only have i enjoyed jamming to your many backing tracks on youtube but I also listened to your most recent album on apple music. Great stuff man! Keep on doing your thing, you're very talented!

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

Is this centered around Dorian?

[@campbellbue5716]

This video just unlocked a whole new pathway of music theory for me. I could never see the notes on the fretboard until now. Holy shit.

[@jamied8013]

What a treat to jam too. I almost convinced myself I can play!

[@patszer8314]

Beautiful track! Whoever is responsible for posting this thank you very much!

[@kertackle]

I can't believe it's been 4 years! I replied when it first got published with my video response...still one of my favourite songs!

[@258lemons]

It sucks that they got rid of that feature although I believe you can post links in the comments now?? Thank you so much for your support Danny!

[@kertackle]

+258lemons hey no probs! How's your music going? You were off to uni last time we spoke I think?

[@kertackle]

@@258lemons hey, it’s been too long! You still playing?

[@beingmanifest4862]

"The Wall" was released when i was in high school, needless to say, I was impressed. I love this music. Definitely a bookmark.

[@davidferrara1105]

+Beingmanifest GGITS is off Dark Side of the Moon, actually

[@chuckwest8497]

I was in 9th grade when The Wall came out and the teachers at my jr. high school were not impressed. Except the psychology teacher. He had a field day with that album.

[@drchino]

Great backing track dude, I keeping coming back to jam on this all the time. I guess I should download it but I like to bump up your view count each time!

[@258lemons]

dr420chino aw man! Thank you so much! That is very kind of you! But honestly I don't mind if you download it; I created this track as a tool for players to express themselves and to just have fun so yeah by all means download it :D. I really appreciate your support however! So glad to hear you've been enjoying the track!

[@Totallysickofonions]

+Matt Jones motion carried

[@joshmigz7530]

+258lemons I also come back to this track on youtube over and over and over to jam. Love it, thank you so much for posting \m/

[@Yariff]

+258lemons can you please say what are the chords from 5:05 to the ends of the song?? its killing me Lol. it's like 5 different chords, if anybody knows them I'd be very thankful!! awesome backing track!!

[@GuitarLava]

Sounds like Eb F Bb7 C Eb F

[@brid4738]

Im a novice lead player and I just had the time of my life wailing out to this, thank you for making it!

[@ducacalainho]

I can't count how many times I soloed over this backing track. Thanks!!!!

[@fabiosena5118]

me too

[@christineorlando2020]

Absolutely phenomenal! Left me thinking after jamming to it; "Holy Bleep! Was that me!" Great job on this!

[@berninhotbarbecue]

6 years ago I played this track as a beginner guitarist and coming back to it never gets old

[@hyperrustie]

Thanks a lot for sharing this backing track! I had so much fun jamming along!

[@nathanvleugels1]

I really love this, this kind of stuff is perfect for beginning bass players (like me) to practise creativity and improvisation

[@PeknPikle]

Creativity and improvisation? Bad bass player, bad!

[@nathanvleugels1]

oh right, I forgot, we're only on stage to make guitarists feel better about themselves, sorry, my bad

[@davidwright2308]

PeknPikle you must only play with shitty bassists lol

[@KrazyEngima]

Nathan Vleugels if it makes you feel better i'm guitarist and i would rather have a bassist that plays intricately lol

[@nathanvleugels1]

Ghost.Flowers playing intricately is indeed what I enjoy, but the best option is still playing complicated stuff, while maintaining to support the foundation, that's for me a goal to work for

[@smoghouse]

This is a backing track that I like to improvise the most. Thanks.

[@Josh.Atkins]

Love this track! You really got the essence of Pink floyd in this one. So fun to jam over thank you!

[@casefarley490]

5 minutes has never passed so quick

[@DanielPfender]

Love this man, very emotional and easy to throw in some good licks.

[@theresastrand2968]

This is Anthony Strand. I loved jamming to your Pink Floyd jam track Thanks

[@Digitalfemdroid]

Really do love this track. It's quite moving with soothing, groovy piano notes and delicate strings to sway to. Fantastic work!

[@ANT6855]

dude in the past 2 weeks I've been jamming this out rocking nice solos and leads 5 times a day! thanks bro!

[@ScottLaneMusic]

this is great - I just channelled my inner Gilmour

[@Butterfly_Trip]

Im hanging out here in 2024. I really like this. It's PF but with some bonus intervals. Feels amazing, great work

[@kameronward958]

Day 43 The tips of my fingers are completely gone, my face is frozen in a severely painful position, and my guitar is tragically way out of tune. Please call for help, as I cannot stop jamming to this track.

[@JDMente]

sit and drink pennyroyal tea

[@colesauer5440]

help is on the way!

[@franktheco]

Shine on you crazy diamond!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@carlospardo3484]

be grateful that you arent bass player!

[@rroyoy]

Tried to tune me guitar back to standard tuning one time couldn't do it had gone to far out ended up snappin a string

[@thebrianbenson1967]

Excellent, very enjoyable to play along with, keep squeezing those lemons 🎸🎸🎸

[@NickNeblo]

Fantastic! I find myself playing in G dorian most of the first half, that C7 is a game changer, then it's lovely to drop down one semitone in the second half, then back to G dorian. Good fun👍

[@mikeygeoff]

ill have to try that !👍

[@80Days]

Hi, just stumbled on this recently and I can't stop playing over it. Thank you, it's fantastic.

[@QuistJam]

great track!

[@leonidaspreston3310]

Instablaster

[@alitekesin200]

Game recognise game

[@trendkill777]

Just WOW!! Such a nice track for improv!! ❤❤❤

[@jasperintanker2077]

Such a great song to play over with my saxophone 🔥

[@GKnb-ny5tl]

Everytime I want to jam to a backing track, I come back to this one. I can always just flow with everything in this track, it's just perfect.

[@sonaltesseticule278]

Just one word : Wow If you wanna know when I was playing on this backing track , my father was behind me ( I didn't saw him ) and when it end he was crying ... Thank you for this incredible BT and may the guitar god be with you ! ( sorry for my english i'm french ^^' )

[@jimmiemclovin]

+Paul Rossi Crying, It wasn't that bad, was it? ;)

[@sonaltesseticule278]

I think that I was in a good music vibe this day :p

[@TheJofrica]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful story

[@jacoblopez659]

This is simply amazing. I just looked a a clock and realized I have been here jamming for 3 hours!

[@geetarz8279]

There is a key change at the 1:23 mark and it repeats a couple of time. It does change to a true G minor by hitting the Eb major chord following by F major. It's a really cool contrast to the tonality of the rest of the song.

[@Huge4Fish]

Thank you so much for putting this awesome track out here. I am a year and a half in to playing. Here is my attempt Poor Man's G

[@258lemons]

@niiikolazz Cheers man!! :D well the main section is the chords from "The Great Gig in the Sky": Gm7 and C7. The rest of the track which I wrote mainly uses the chords Gm, D, F, C. I quite often make these add 9 chords too :P hope this helps man!

[@gahansambhar4337]

A comment from the legend himself!

[@thayeryates8941]

Just got to say this is without a doubt the best backing track I've ever found.

[@MckenzieFlyGuy]

This is still one of my most favorite backing tracks.

[@markoconnor6996]

Awesome backing track. Keep them coming! Really enjoyed blasting over this one.

[@geetarz8279]

Technically, this song is not in a natural G minor (G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F). The opening 2 chords are G-minor and C-major. The C-major triad is C-E-G, which means Eb is not relative to the key of this song. This is G Dorian (G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F), or F major (F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E) or D minor (D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C). All of them have the same 7 notes. Anyway, I figured any guitar nerds out there might like to know they can mess with the F major scale or D minor scale and it would be tonic to this song.

[@marc16107]

which way would play it

[@MagikMKW]

I found out you can play all notes but B on this, with it sounding good, don't ask me for theoretical explanations tho, I'm one of the "heart-playing-noobs" c:

[@MarcusGreenway]

marc marcus cool name

[@alsaxe1]

geetarz8279 i believe thta you're correct. I wasn't aware of the key signature until i gave it a listen. Technically, you can use any of the 3 minor pentatonic scales in the Key of F..Some sound better than others...

[@dapperscarab4331]

U missed the fact its a c7 not a cmajoy

[@hughhannon4715]

Thanks for the Great Backing Track! I'll be improvising with this for a long time! Brought something out of me I've been looking for for a long time. Appreciate it.

[@kidd1924]

This track has really helped me improve my finger picking skills. Thank you

[@geos297]

thanks for posting - one of the most relaxing, enjoyable hours I've spent in ages.

[@funkeyfunker]

i love to improve to this, maby more than any other band. lovin it!!

[@jaxsabin4775]

Isn't it wonderful? I just close my eyes and just kind of let it take me where it may. No rigid pattern, just hit the notes that come to me at the moment. Brilliant!

[@LeerieChickenPants]

Jax Sabin There should almost never be a rigid pattern with this kind of music man. Just go with it

[@ChrisVye]

Really awesome track mate.... like the guy below cant stop playing over it.... takes me somewhere else.... brilliant... thanks!

[@0iGer0]

"if you like dream theater (...)" ... dude since i discovered DT when I was 16 I still cannot recover from my addiction. It's into me, it's too strong for me. I need my daily dose. So yeah liking Dream Theater is an euphemism when it comes to me.

[@evavandersterren6609]

sumsh!t but this is Pink Floyd xD

[@avocadobackingtracks5293]

I've jammed this probably more than any other track on YT. I still remember ripping one of the best solos of my life to it years ago!

[@milt3663]

Milt3 Here are the chords: Gmin7 - C7 (Intro - repeat two times) Gmin7 - C7 (repeat 8 times) Ebmaj7 - Fmaj Gmin7 - C7 (repeat 8 times) Ebmaj7 - Fmaj Gmin7 - Gbaug - Fmaj - Cmaj (Walk down - repeat 4 times) Ebmaj7 - Fmaj Etc, etc...

[@MexicansLoveMeh]

Milt3 i don’t think it’s Gb augmented. It’s a D7 in first inversion so D7/F#

[@JosephAlphonse]

This is simply beautiful. I love jamming to this track! Magnificent job!

[@olivierarnold_]

epic, lost myself in this track man!

[@erix777]

This is pure genius and a pleasure to Jam to. Thanks!

[@HaydenofEverything]

Sounds quite similar to The Great Gig in the Sky

[@steveb9564]

I started practicing guitar rather late in life and been at it for about 6 years, though prog was my thing back in the 70's. This track has popped up in my feed now and then over that time, among the 1000's of others. Always like to see it pop up. Beautifully clean and well put together! This weekend I was having a major push on some new technique and realisedthat a couple of my other faves are yours too. A bit of clicking and I saw Part IV and listened and I'm in! Cool stuff, and seeing the younger you start all those years ago and where you are now. Sadly, missed out on your channel before, but now have the pleasure of watching it all start to finish in sequence :) Thanks for your good work!

[@dcs002]

I was feeling Great Gig and Shine On through this one. I'm just now discovering backing tracks like this. I've been a bassist for nearly 40 years, and I rarely play a 6-string, but I felt I couldn't put a finger wrong while jamming with this track. How is that? This has made guitar fun for me. Thanks!

[@justinjex1]

Been playing this for three years and still absolutely love it.

[@258lemons]

Would just like to thank everyone for all the amazing comments so far. It's so kind of everyone and I really really appreciate it!! :D

[@ksmit]

Man this track is drippin' with cool changes and emotion. Again, nice work!

[@graziannomedina]

Não existe som melhor que Pink Floyd.

[@esatakan3076]

Wow epic track! Pink floyd through and through.. Thanks a ton! :D:D

[@JohnSmith-te5oo]

@rampant, you don't get it. He KNOWS this stuff inside and out. He doesn't consciously think 'ok. Let's play the flat 7th part of the scale here because...' Any more than an elite swimmer consciously thinks of the angle he's placing his hand at when it enters the water, but he goes by neural pattern, proprioception etc Gilmour knows the modes,scales, relationships, tension points etc but of course he doesn't consciously think about what exact part of the scale he is using next because TRULY having mastery and ingrained understanding means he can, to paraphrase Miles Davis 'just forget all that shit and fucking BLOW!' It is KNOWING that stuff so deeply that allows him to let his true artistry loose because he has both the mechanical skills (dexterity, feel, etc) and the knowledge of theory - he can EXPRESS his feelings and they will cone out through those mechanical skills:knowledge They are WHY it is fluid, effortless, emotive, and inspired Granted, there is a place in music where NOT having mastery and not having theory allows an artist to do some truly unique, less is more stuff - think the reaction to the conception of PF as overwrought, over arranged, over orchestrated, bloated arena rock - that led to punk. And thank god. Both are awesome and the latter was at least partially invented as a 'fuck you, let's get back to three chords a guitar and the truth ' Thank God for Gilmour and thank god for the antigilmours , playing on a bleeding edge reaction to same Admittedly I cut my teeth listening to guitarists who could complete multiple albums W/o a single solo

[@jimmiemclovin]

+John Smith I never in a million years could never have put into words what you just said. bravo. (...although you could make an argument that punk came before arena rock) but all the same, well said.

[@JohnSmith-te5oo]

Thank you so much

[@AhrkFinTey]

+John Smith There's a difference between music "knowledge" and musical "understanding." It's the latter that truly makes a good musician. However, in order for one to have that, a working and practical knowledge of music theory is absolutely necessary, before one is able to internalize all that information and turn it into emotion.

[@JesseFuches]

I know you made this 9 years ago, but I’m glad I found this gem. This is my new favorite backing track to rock out to. I can almost pretend that I sound like Gilmour

[@SpedSpedding]

Great track. For a more modal feel throughout just play in the key of F/Dminor and you'll sound a bit more cheeky. :)

[@rawgroovetheory]

+Sped Spedding that because its in g minor dorian

[@tonypepperoni612]

lol

[@YTJamTracks]

Haa

[@SpedSpedding]

I was simplifying for people who might not have got into modes yet. That's all. Why is everyone so full of hate and cockiness? Such a sad world.

[@tonypepperoni612]

+Sped Spedding haha you're just giving into the darkness man.

[@jimsteele2072]

I've stayed away from this track for about two months, I just played it again for the first time. Awesome!!!!!!

[@HalJikaKick]

Amazing track! Love improvising over this! Could you post the chord progression?

[@erikdrage8515]

Sounds like it’s the same as great gig in the sky, pretty late to your comment but yeah

[@mitya80]

@@erikdrage8515 4 years late :)

[@simonknazik4712]

g minor and c dominant 7th i think.. *late comments gang*

[@user-up5jy8yj9r]

Start with Gminor pentatonic scale and extend :)

[@jamesspadafora2509]

dude. amazing job on this

[@GabzitoHD]

I thought instantly "Rocket man - Elton John" when I played this :p. Doesn't that song have the same opening chords?

[@justinbortolazzo8016]

That's exactly what came to mind when the opening came in! Totally sent my playing off into melodic trance lol

[@alsaxe1]

***** i think you're correct about that. the intro chord sounds like it...

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

is it bollocks, this Great Gig is the Sky by Pink Floyd, off Dark Side of the Moon.

[@vonsai3]

love ur vids

[@DakotaBusCaptures]

Yeah?

[@XsFWRTPX]

I think that this is the best backing track you can find from our universe, thank you for making this

[@TheKingATC1]

Reminds me of the great gig in the sky

[@swirling0panda]

xxaaron_txx oh yeah? Look at the description

[@albertnavasatis69]

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[@albertnavasatis69]

It's fun

[@kayakguy8064]

It's like eating the best hot fudge Sunday in your life. It just makes sense and hits the spot. Every time I play along i feel fulfilled. It's like a drug.

[@djbpsoul]

Try to sing Rocket man - Elton John with this BT :D

[@boydlewis8561]

Totally Awesome Track man!! Love jamming to this!!!!

[@ypc4205]

Ts go hard slime

[@henry3414]

like a hard slime yeah

[@markcalvo6006]

This is going on my favorites list. Awesome track and so much fun to jam with it.

[@hannessolo1]

Use G dorian/F major/D minor, not G minor, to improvise

[@avk950k]

You correctly explained, all indeed.

[@Casnikful]

And mix a bit of G minor pentatonic blues licks to sweeten the pot!

[@avk950k]

Casnikful Объясняю по русски!!!!!!! В этом варианте минусовки используется гамма Соль(G) в Дорийском(dorian) ладу. Значит минор(minor) здесь будет Ре (D). И соответственно пентатоника будет D minor. It will be correct here D minor pentatonic. On a becking a track there are a lot of options with the wrong explanation, it is also necessary to select most. There is an option of this composition in Am, but here it is G dorian - D minor. Why D pentatonic? If is D blues.

[@tollerest]

play what you want the d# sound good in the right place

[@avk950k]

Toller Brown ? Жаль что смайликов нет, я бы подобрал подходящий для объяснения. Какой на хрен ре диез, если это Соль дорийский, соответственно также и Ре минор. никакой тут Соль минор и близко не подойдет, если композиция построена в Соль дорийском.

[@scooby123456ful]

Great backing track man! Keep going I just love jammin away to this!

[@undeadJazz]

you can close your eyes and feel the music while also knowing what your playing... you can think dorian and feel dorian. or any mode.. If you don't use the right scale you could play out of key. That's why it's important to know what scales are...not to mention navigating chord changes.. going into complex theory does not always take out the soul in music. I think theory is perceived in a intimidating way, cause people assume there is so much going on in the seemingling impossible theory, nobody could possibly think/feel simultaneously. If one knows what they want to express and knows the theory possible for their idea, phrasing with feeling can happen.

[@JacobZirkin]

I just had the best jam session with this track. Thanks for the upload!

[@BattalionAdvertising]

This is my new favorite jam! Thank you please do more of these in G minor and one in A minor would be great too!

[@selfinflcted09]

almost sounds like elton john too in the beginning

[@shanesmith339]

Thought it was just me who thought this sounded like rocket man

[@jamesherndon3504]

Awesome backing track for some nice deep blues. Good job, brother.

[@GuitarDudeBoii]

can someone tell me the chords?

[@ElyRiverBlues]

Excellent...loved improvising over this!

[@fathertroll7649]

1-2-3-4 "She packed my bags last night, pre-flight"

[@louise_rose]

(spoken, Irish accent) "When I threat the night / and each time we're doin' it..."

[@CJWilder]

Great track dude!! Been jamming to this for years as a user and now I'm posting videos too. This one got me through a really tough time when my father passed away. I used to play to this track constantly during that time 3 years ago.. and it spoke to me. I ran across it tonight after my gig and I had to play along to it. Amazing work! Keep it up!

[@skysunder9781]

Intro had it sounding like Rocketman lol

[@arni2293]

It is rocketman

[@JohnWDGTandTele]

That was epic! You my friend have a subscriber! Thank you for that tune!

[@annadziedzic2603]

Nice, but it;s actually g dorian backing track :)

[@tylerherbs]

Doesn't mean it isn't minor! And the part that goes from Eb to Fsus4 and F is actually an Eb Lydian progression, which is the same as G Aeolian. So you can think of it as G Dorian for the first section and G Aeolian for the second, if you want. Both of which are G minor scales.

[@annadziedzic2603]

I agree, but the title is misleading :)

[@helluvaday123]

tylerherbs huh

[@phanatic09]

I like g Dorian for the first part, you can build a lot of tension and release and get super hyped! For the slow bridges I thought g minor sounded fine. The whole song the d# note and e note can be interchangeable. Build tension, bend them, hammer them, hold them. Or do that 4 note chromatic run off them! Haha ; )

[@canoai]

thats lile saying this is paris not france

[@Starlight_Akira]

Wow seriously well devolpod bro! Awesome stuff! :D

[@reynewdawn]

She packed my bags last night pre flight

[@kilroy2517]

dammit now I can't not hear it.

[@ryancrane4758]

Still jam to this since the day it came out :) never gets old man!!

[@flowerlovefriend]

Mind vs mind : You need the mind of man to get past the animal mind. That is why we evolved from lower animals to humans. You have to know the intellectual mind truth, the though or word truth, before you can separate yourself from the mind completely; thus, you have to be where you are now. You have to know you have a mind and its nature. You have to know you are really a spiritual being and the nature of spiritual things. You have to know you are going to die and be reborn. page 46 of the Present. Are you ready for the truth of Life ? Google Truth Contest and read *THE PRESENT*.

[@bendubs6153]

[@89tonstar]

Michel Cormier if we evolved from lower animals then it isn't a far assumption to believe there is no creator, if there is no creator then there is no external empirical truth, if there is no truth everything is relative, if everything is relative then you cant be sure everything is real, if were aren't real then there is nothing to live for.

[@davidbelton4027]

tbone martinez And if there's nothing to live for then everything becomes beautiful.

[@89tonstar]

David Belton Why? There is no reason for something that hasn't been created to beautiful other then your subjective opinion. When something was created it has mystery to it which creates a type of beauty unto itself.

[@Sploooks]

Michel Cormier No thanks, I'm more interested in playing my guitar.

[@firemonkey1015]

This track is so good, brings about melodys I thought I couldn’t achieve

[@Deathshuck]

I don't understand why people improvise with specific scales. I think a much more healthier way to approach improvising is to just play and not to be that conscious about what you're doing. Improvisation shouldn't be an exercise. Do you think when Gilmour was soloing he thought to himself "Yeah now I'm gonna bust out my G Dorian" ? lol

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

yes, i think so... or maybe he's thinking about patterns or boxes. He's not for sure thinking every note

[@cmac2415]

David Gilmour is 100% conscious of every note that he plays. It's not a matter of improvising with a specific scale, it's about following the chords. When he's playing over a G Minor chord the notes G Bb and D will sound the most grounded because they make up the minor triad (1 b3 and 5). Within the minor pentatonic scale the third note is the 11th (C), and the fifth note is the minor 7th (F). Then you can use Dorian to get the 9th (A) and the "dorian" note, the Sharp 13th (E). the coolest thing about it is those key notes change over every chord. When it changes the a C7, now your major triad and most grounded notes are C E and G. Your pentatonic extras are the 9th (D) and the 13th (A), and your modal note, since this is the dominant chord the mode is Mixolydian, is a Flat 7th (Bb). And wanna know the craziest thing about it? all of these complex extensions are ALL notes within G Dorian. So it's not about "busting out G Dorian" and just playing a scale up and down. It's about knowing how to use those notes wisely. Does David Gilmour know all of this? Yes, absolutely. Now, not all guitar players do obviously. Hendrix had such an incredible ear that he could hear all of these complex extensions without knowing what they were, mainly because he just grew to know the sound of it. My long awaited point is this: If you are trying to improvise and you are "not conscious about what you're doing", chances are that there is a lot of knowledge out there that you're missing out on that could really helpful. And let me make this clear. Guys like Gilmour know this stuff so well and know the sound and know the relationships between all of these different formulas and when he plays, he doesn't need to think about it because he can do it without thinking. Don't confuse unconscious incompetence for unconscious competence.

[@tollerest]

Lol funny but true, if practising scales and trying to eartrain from them with the intervals in the right place the best place to go is a drone track as the intervals remain correct for the scale you practice, but i guess these backing tracks break up the monotony, I would say as Gilmour was playing he could follow the chords and then play what he was hearing, and maybe the dorian visualisation would of helped find notes at some point, notes he knew he wanted to play, which ever method he used he got there and didn't do it by sleeping and letting his guitar lead him. although we have to remember once he played a song it was memory. I agree there is a mindset you need to get in to play well, especially if your singing something emotional not to get to emotional that you throw your guitar and not to be to alert that you have no emotion.

[@rampantseven8163]

Conor McCarthy So you are saying Gilmore never just lays a track down and closes his eyes and plays and feels the notes , without planning as you stated above knowing this will go best with that etc., etc. ? You actually believe that? or am I misunderstanding? I don't read music, played on and off now for 43 years. I played with friends who play all over the world, professionally, and I have to tell you you seriously don't know everything there is t know about music. I use backing tracks, & have people make them for me, as well, and I (and many others) just create as it plays and I have not one clue of what I am doing except for what I either hear in my head to play next or , what I feel in my fingers sounds right. I record it and sort out whats good and repeat, until I get what I like, and once we hit record the last time that's it, and my friend no one has told us what the notes are or any of the musical tech people like me don't use. I know more than a few other people out there who do exactly the same thing, and will tell you the same thing. People don't always sit down and compose music as you explain above. If you're human & musical you are going to improvise and create something on the fly, and us it, later or work it into what you want, or maybe it's right the first time, and never has to be changed. I know some of my stuff if not for recording it, I would have forgotten and would never ave been captured again , and lost forever, just part of life. Losing memory abilities sucks, so recording, becomes your memory. :-) Part of learning to make and create music was playing along with records and tapes, and other people for everyone I know in the music business, and world. You may have just brainwashed yourself and maybe a few others but, not all of us. Lol :-)

[@ismailuchiha]

so basically keys, scales, music theory in general doesnt matter just do anything and you'll sound good? good luck with that sir.

[@markhuerta4103]

Posted a response video!! This is my absolute favorite backing track to jam to. Simply gorgeous and captures the true Pink Floyd sound. Keep up the fantastic work!!