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12 Bar Blues Backing Tracks In Ab: Slow, Medium & Fast Tempos

Slow tempo (60bpm)

This backing track is in the style of a laid back organ trio (organ/bass, guitar, drums)… Imagine a smoky blues club at 3am… Play the video to hear the track and view the chord chart.

Need help?

Need help deciding what to play over this track? Check out the ‘Blues Licks’ lessons on my guitar lesson videos page.

Slow tempo (60bpm)

12 bar blues backing track in the key of Ab for you to improvise over. Chords I7 IV7 V7 from the key of Ab major: Ab7 Db7 Eb7.

You can practice your chord playing, solo over the track, or jam along on bass or drums! This backing track is mid-tempo, and grooves along nicely! Play the video to hear the track and view the chord chart.

Need help?

Need help deciding what to play over this track? Check out the ‘Blues Licks’ lessons on my guitar lesson videos page.

Fast tempo (180bpm)

This backing track is in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan – a smokin’ Texas blues band with guitar, bass, drums and some Hammond organ. Play the video to hear the track and view the chord chart.

Need help?

Need help deciding what to play over this track? Check out the ‘Blues Licks’ lessons on my guitar lesson videos page.

Over the whole track, use:

Ab minor pentatonic scale
Ab major pentatonic scale
Ab blues scale
Ab hybrid scale
Ab mixolydian mode
Ab dorian Mode

Over the I chord (Ab7), use:

Ab minor pentatonic scale
Ab major pentatonic scale
Ab blues scale
Ab hybrid scale
Ab mixolydian mode
Ab dorian Mode
Ab major arpeggio
Ab dominant 7th arpeggio

Over the IV chord (Db7), use:

Ab minor pentatonic scale
Ab major pentatonic scale
Ab blues scale
Ab hybrid scale
Ab mixolydian mode
Ab dorian Mode
Db major arpeggio
Db dominant 7th arpeggio

Over the V chord (Eb7), use:

Ab minor pentatonic scale
Ab major pentatonic scale
Ab blues scale
Ab hybrid scale
Ab mixolydian mode
Ab dorian Mode
Eb major arpeggio
Eb dominant seventh arpeggio…

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