Jazz BASS Backing Track - Medium Swing 2-5-1 (Am)
🎼 TABS, SCALE MAPS + LESSONS 👉 / quistjam Bass Week - Day 5! Here's a bass-less jazz practice backing track, based on the classic minor 2-5-1 progression - in the key of A Minor. Perfect for beginners, fun and easy to play on. Please SHARE if you enjoy it! More Bass Jam Tracks here: http://goo.gl/mnz6oY
Chord progression:
II: Bmin7b5 I E7 I Amin7 I Amin7 :II
On the track, you will hear extensions of these chords - as is common in jazz of course :)
Scale suggestions:
A minor scale - A B C D E F G (A)
(Bmin7b5 chords and Amin7 chords)
A harmonic minor scale - A B C D E F G# (A)
(E7 chords)
Basic arpeggios:
Bmin7b5 arpeggio = B D F A
E7 arpeggio = E G# B D
Am7 arpeggio = A C E G
Next up, try out some more advanced colours on the dominant chord (E7) by treating it as an altered chord and using the altered scale:
E altered scale - E F G Ab Bb C D (E)
The altered scale is the mode which starts on the 7th step of the melodic minor scale, so in other words - the notes of E altered scale are the same as those of F melodic minor scale :)
More free (full band) 2-5-1 jam tracks here:
http://goo.gl/GD3K8s
Enjoy!
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