Here’s the backing track to last week’s Lydian mode lesson. Again, this track has been extended from the ‘minus one’ track in the original post, with four repetitions of the clean riff, and then another four of the dirty riff. To solo over this, you’ll need the A lydian mode. … Continue reading
Here’s the extended backing track to my lesson on the Locrian mode. It’s quite a good mode to use if you’re after a very dark, satanic sound. The Locrian mode is the 7th mode of the major scale. This means that, although the track uses D Locrian, it’s the same … Continue reading
So, as a follow up to my ACDC lesson, here is the extended version of the backing track from that solo. I’ve kept the track fairly simple, with just one rhythm guitar, and it’s all in the key of E minor. The Track As I said, this is all safely … Continue reading
Here is the extended version of the backing track I used in the lesson on how to sound like David Gilmour. That Solo was only a minute or so long, whereas this track has been extended to over 5 minutes. The track mostly follows chords that would fit in D … Continue reading
In the last video I explained how to get the sound of Pantera’s Dimebag Darrel. Here is the backing track I used for that example solo. The original video, and ‘In the Style of Dimebag’ lesson, can be found here. The Track In the original lesson, I have added a … Continue reading
So, last month we were looking at the lead guitar style of Metallica’s Kirk Hammett. Then, at the end of the month I wrote this lesson on how to play and sound like Kirk. If you’re a fan of Kirk Hammett, I suggest checking that post out! Now, I’m more … Continue reading
Following on in our series of guitar backing tracks, we get to C minor. I will eventually have one of these in each major and minor key, and last time was C major, so this week it’s C minor. Minor keys are a bit more complicated than major keys, and … Continue reading
This week we’re going to try something a little different. I’ve created a guitar backing track for you guys to solo along to, but first I’m going to show you some of the things you can do to improvise along to it. As with the other videos I’m creating now, … Continue reading
