Free Guitar Playalongs
Guitar playalongs can assist with your melodic development. By using tonal material against audio, we find an effective means of practice, a way for us to interact, & an opportunity to play against changing elements within the provided track (melodic motifs within harmonic motion, level of intensity, shifts in sections).
Use these audio files for improvising. Simply explore the scale while the audio is playing. Go in any order, repeat tones, & use slurs (pulls, hammers, slides, bends, & vibrato). Use your voice & your ear. Your goal is to be melodic. Logging time just 'noodling' leads to your melodic faculties (sensibilities) warming up. You may find motifs from tunes you know, &/or write your own melodies. Be creative. Header links are mp3 downloads (will also open in a new window, or right click to save file).
Audio File/Credits |
Form/Changes/Scale Choice/s |
F Major Jam - 4 MB mp3Drum Loop by Platinum Loops |
Alternates between Part A & B. |
C Major Jam - 5.6 MB mp3Drum Loop by Platinum Loops |
3 minute mp3 file, |
E minor Jam - 5.7 MB mp3Drum Loop by Platinum Loops |
Progression (form = V C V C T) Use E minor/G Major Pentatonic or E Natural minor (G Major) |
A minor Jam - 5.6 MB mp3Drum Loop by Platinum Loops |
Form: ABAB Here's a Faulkner meander |
E minor Blues Jam - 5.9 MB mp3Drum Loop by Platinum Loops |
12 bar 'blues' progression (4 beats each): |
G Major - 4.6 MB mp3Drum Loop by Platinum Loops |
Alternates between: Em riff & G - D/F# - Em - C - D (2 different ways) Use G Major or G Major Pentatonic |
