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.
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Need help deciding what to play over this track? Check out the ‘Blues Licks’ lessons on my guitar lesson videos page.
Medium tempo (120 bpm)
This backing track is in the style of a jazzy guitar trio (guitar, bass and drums). The band sound pretty happy for blues musicians… Play the video to hear the track and view the chord chart.
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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.
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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:
B minor pentatonic scale
B blues scale
B natural minor scale
B harmonic minor scale
Over the I chord (Bm7), use:
B minor pentatonic scale
B blues scale
B natural minor scale
B harmonic minor scale
B minor arpeggio
B minor 7th arpeggio
Over the IV chord (Em7), use:
B minor pentatonic scale
B blues scale
B natural minor scale
B harmonic minor scale
E minor arpeggio
E minor 7th arpeggio
Over the V chord (F#m7), use:
B minor pentatonic scale
B blues scale
B natural minor scale
B harmonic minor scale
F# minor arpeggio
F# minor 7th arpeggio