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Dynamic Classic Rock Guitar Riff & Backing Track
Here are some tabs to play a really classic classic rock guitar riff. It starts slow and easy in the first 8 bars and then it enters to a really classic rock guitar riff which you can play on several dynamic levels. The backing track which is added is only drums & bass and works perfect for your practice routines.
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Drop D Blues Rock Shuffle Tabs & Backing Track
Here you find some tabs with a groovy blues rock shuffle riff played with a drop D tuning. The backing track is only drum and bass.
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Easy Jazz Blues Guitar Improvisation - Tabs / Audio & Backing Track
Here I wrote down a full chorus of an easy jazz blues guitar improvisation. It's a really cool way to keep a rhythm motiv going on during one chorus of improvisation. At the end of the tabs you find the modes which are attached to the chords of this blues. If you are an advanced jazz guitar player this might also be for you. Just because it's easy to play does not mean that it does not sound cool. The audio file show you how in fact it should sound. The backing track added is a jazz blues in F.
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Here you find 3 long meter rock guitar licks in the key of Am. They are either in the A aeolian scale or in the A blues scale. The backing track is a rock guitar backing track in Am with 100bpm.
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Straight Blues Guitar Riff - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you find a really simple straight blues guitar riff in the key of A. In the 2nd part it goes to G and D. The riff is really simple so you have all time to really focus on playing tight and creativ. The backing track add is simply with drum and bass and is great to practice on your proper timing.
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Modal Jazz Guitar Backing Tracks
Here you find a selection of modal backing tracks where you can practice the main modes : ionian, dorian, phyrgian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian. You can use those backing tracks to practice only one mode to get more familiar with it. In the attached working sheet you find the modes and options which you can use on your soloing with these modal jazz guitar backing tracks.
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Here you find the working sheet for the theory :
 

To fully understand the derivation of modes, related chords and options it is a must that you start to see scales and modes as a summary of intervals which have to be learnt by heart. You can skip this part of music theory if you are only into blues and basic rock guitar but if you want to learn how to create chord progressions from the diatonic modes, how chords are built and how to add options ( ex. Cmaj9, Dm11, G7#9 ) then you need to understand this part of music theory. On this working sheet I have added the essential parts of the theory. Take your time on it to learn and understand it. You need to manage the 7 basic modes - ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian completely in order to really start working with it in your creative playing.
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Slick Blues Rock Guitar Riff - Tabs and Backing Track ( Bass & Drums )
Here you find the tabs for a really cool and slick blues rock guitar riff which sounds great on 80 bpm. I have added a backing track with only bass and drums where you can practice the riff to get really precise and laid back to the beat.
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Classic Rock Guitar Riff - Tabs and Backing Track
This is a very cool classic rock guitar riff & the backing track where you hear how it sounds. You can use the A minor scale for the solo if you want to give a try. I have added 2 cool runs which work great on this track.
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The Girl From Ipanema - Tabs and Backing Track
Here you find  the tabs of the melody of the famous song " The Girl From Ipanema " by Jobim. You find the melody, the chords which you can play and the modes which you can use in the improvisation. The audio files attached contain the melody with a click track that you can really practice it the correct way and a backing track with drum, bass and piano where you can play 3 chorus of this really iconic jazz standard.
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Mixolydian Blues Guitar Licks - Tabs and Audio File
Here you find a selection of advanced blues guitar licks which work on any A7 chord with a straight groove. If you have a blues with a shuffle groove it also might work but you need to adapt the timing signatures on some licks. Check them out slowly and analyze what has been done and how the licks are played. This way you get the maximum benefit from practicing this big selection of mixolydian licks.
Here you can learn more about how to use the mixolyidian mode in blues guitar :
 

Mixolydian Blues Guitar Licks A7 - Tabs & Backing Track
Here you find a selection of mixolydian blues guitar licks which you can use on A7. The attached backing track is on A7 only that you can practice the licks here.
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and here you find more mixolydian licks in A7 which you can use in blues :
 

Here you find the tabs and the backing track to the song " Rumble " by Link Wray. The drums are not totaly original but they work.
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Here you find some really easy rock guitar riff exercises for a simple rock guitar tune in the key of D. The exercises build up from very simple to more complex combinations how you can play this really simple progression : Dm / Dm / Dm / Dm / Dm / Dm / Dm / Dm / Bb / C / Dm / Dm / Bb / C / A / A
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Sweet Home Chicago ( Blues Brothers )- Tabs and Backing Track
Here you find the tabs and the backing track to the song " Sweet Home Chicago " as played in the really famous movie " Blues Brothers " - I have made an easy arrangement for you for guitar but picked the original intro from the movie. The horn section is missing in this backing track but I played that with the piano.
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Jazz Guitar - Timing Essentials ( Tabs and Backing Track )
Here you find the timing essentials which are needed to play jazz guitar ( swing ). These are quarter notes, shuffled 8th notes, tripplets and quarter tripplets. I skipped the whole and half notes since these are also essentials in other genres. Here you can learn how they look like when they are written. In the files you find the tabs and the audio how it sounds when it is played and a backing track where you can practice those timing essential exercises. The backing track is in C major.
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if you want to learn the basics of rhythm notation :
 

Whorehouse Blues ( Motörhead )- Acoustic Blues Guitar
This is probably the only acoustic blues guitar song by Motörhead which does not mean that it is not a great song. It's a simple but cool sounding acoustic blues guitar song which is in fact very easy to play. Here you find the tabs and the backing track of this song. If you want to improvise to this tune just use the A blues scale. I have also added 3 cool acoustic blues guitar runs which you can use in your solo.
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Metal Guitar - Essential Rhythm Studies Tabs & Backing Tracks
If you want to get into Metal Guitar you need to know the basic rhythm figures which are unfortunately based on 16th notes. If you don't know rhythm and rhythm notation you will have quit a hard time. So these rhythm studies will help you to learn the rhythm notation which is used in metal guitar. In these rhythm studies you first learn the basic rhythm figures including the pauses which are also important and in the second part you learn to make combinations out of the basic figures. It is very important that you can locate each of the 4 notes which makes a 16th note group. If you are able to play and sight - read the 2nd part of these studies you managed these rhythm studies. To make it easier for you you can play the studies just with the low E string which already sounds a lot like Metal Guitar. Start with 60 bpm then rise the tempo. I have exported the audio file with 75 bpm which is still slow but gives you the time to still figure out the different parts. If you can play the studies with 120 bpm then you are near to a Metal Guitar Master.
I have added 2 backing tracks with metal music in E in 70 bpm and 105 bpm that you can practice those exercises in 2 different tempo's.
If you don't know rhythm notation at all - here you find all you need to know about it :
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Misty - Jazz Guitar Tabs and 3 Chorus Backing Track
Here you find the tabs of the very popular jazz standard " Misty " - I wrote a version for you where you can play the theme. If you want to play the chords as well then please take the selection which I added for you. Those chords follow the melody so they work perfect if somebody is playing the melody. I have also added a backing track with 3 chorus of the AABA section of misty. In the 1st and 3rd chorus I follow the melody with the chords and in the middle part you can improvise the way you want.
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Stand By Me ( Ben E. King ) - Tabs
These are the tabs for the guitar ( bass ) pattern which is played in the popular song " Stand By Me " by Ben E. King. The bass pattern is not fully compatible with a guitar but I made a version where you don't hear any difference.
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Shuffle Blues Guitar Riff - Tabs and Backing Track ( C - Blues )
Here you find the tabs of a blues guitar riff over a standard blues form in the key of C. It's a quite common riff but it sounds great and I have added some fill-ins which work with the riff. The first part is the full blues form with the riff and in the B-section you find some suggestions for the solo together with the riff and 2 repeating patterns which work great on a shuffle blues - specially when you play in a trio formation just with drum, bass and guitar. The backing track is just drum and bass so you can practice this with an original setting.
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Essential Timing Exercises - full, half, quarter and 8th notes
In rock guitar timing is very important. The more tight you play your chords or single note lines the more " rock " your guitar will sound. Here is now a summary of the main essential rhythm figures you need to know when it comes to rock guitar. Practice them with a click or a rock drum loop in different tempo's because every tempo feels different and also pay close attention that your foot is also hitting the click of the metronome or the quarter notes of the rock drum loop.
The first part are the main rhythm figures which you need to know in detail how they feel, sound and how they look like in written notation. The second part are exercises from easy till advanced. You can control with the attached audio file if you have done the exercise correct. To achieve mastery in this topic also start to write your own exercises and play them with any chord you like.
If you don't know rhythm notation at all please view this short documentation :
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THE Minor Blues Guitar Riff - Tabs & Backing Track
This is THE minor blues guitar riff which everybody who loves blues guitar needs to know and needs to learn. It is simple but effective. The backing track which is added is only drum and bass so you can play the riff along with this track or you can create your own variation upon the chords which are used in this blues.
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Steady Drop D Hard Rock Guitar - Tabs & Backing Track
This is a cool and steady hard rock guitar riff played with a drop D tuning. Since this is a drop D tuning the riff is easy to play. The chords are really easy to grab but to play it steady it quite a challenge. I have added 2 version of the rock backing track. One track is with guitar and one backing track is only with drum and bass.
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Here you find 3 smooth jazz guitar figures which you can play in the mode of F# dorain. Pay close attention to the perfect timing - these 3 figures are very common in any smooth jazz guitar setting. The backing track is a modal smooth jazz track in the key of F# dorian.
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