This epic backing track contains 1 hour of chilled out, groove-filled music for you to lose yourself in :)
Use it as an extremely thorough warm-up or to explore new licks and ideas - or simply chill out and enjoy... the track goes through various progressions in A Minor - including an a Minor Blues sequence! Basic chords are listed underneath.
Here's the jam track on youtube (QuistJam), showing an intro as well as the chords in real-time: http://goo.gl/tnzQdH
Chord Progressions:
(Intro = Dm / Am)
Am / F
G / Am / G / E
Am / F
G / Am / G / E
Am / F / G / Dm
F / E
Am / F / G / Dm
F / E
Dm / Am
Am / F / G / Am
Am / F / G / E
Dm / Am
Minor Blues:
Am / Am / Am / Am /
Dm / Dm / Am / Am /
Em / Dm / Am / Em /
Dm / Am
Minor Blues:
Am / Am / Am / Am /
Dm / Dm / Am / Am /
Em / Dm / Am / Em /
F / E
Minor Blues:
Am / Am / Am / Am /
Dm / Dm / Am / Am /
Em / Dm / Am / Em /
Am
The A Minor Scale works over the whole track, except on the E chords, for which the A Harmonic Minor Scale would be a great choice.
A Minor Scale: A B C D E F G (A) - all the white keys on a piano!
A Harmonic Minor Scale: A B C D E F G# (A)
Also:
A Minor Pentatonic Scale: A C D E G (A)
A Minor Blues Scale: A C D D# E G (A)
Also, try switching to the D Minor Scale (A Phrygian Mode) on the Dm / Am sections.....
D Minor Scale: D E F G A Bb C (D)
You can get free scale maps here:
http://www.quistorama.com/scale-maps
And check out this Groove Odyssey in A minor as well: http://goo.gl/UqUVm6
Happy jamming!
Quist
http://www.quistorama.com