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MIDIs for Boxes Beyond the Blues

 

You can download all of the MIDIs as a package, here: All_MIDIs.zip

Alternatively, you can download the individual tracks from the table below. These correspond to the even-numbered MP3s, and contain the background music only (no solos). These are handy if you want to slow the accompaniment down as you learn. You can download MP3s, both with and without the background tracks, here: MP3s

Complete transcriptions of the solos (odd tracks) are here: PDFs.

Example_1.mid This is as basic as you can get: Just a steady C-Major chord, over which you may improvise using the C major scale (Ionian mode).
Example_2.mid This is a straight Am6 chord. Playing the "C=-Major" (A Natural Minor) scale over it Demonstrates the Aeolian mode (Natural Minor).
Example_3.mid A progression of all scale-tone chords, over which you may practice your C-Major scale.
Example_4.mid This is an Am progression. Playing the C-Ionian/A-Aeolian scale over it will convey the sound of the Natural Minor.
Example_5.mid A 12-bar blues progression in A.
Example_6.mid A 12-bar blues progression in A.
Example_7.mid A Dm7 chord for practicing the D-Dorian mode.
Example_8.MID An Em7 chord for practicing E-Phrygian mode.
Example_9.mid Another example for using the 'C-Major' scale over an all minor-chord progression.
Example_10.mid An FMaj9(#11) chord for practicing the F-Lydian mode.
Example_11.mid A G7 chord for practicing the G-Mixolydian mode.
Example_12.mid A Bm7(b5) chord for practicing the B-Locrian Mode
Example_13.mid An Am7 chord, over which you will play six bars each of the A Blues Scale, the A Aeolian, the A Dorian, the A Phrygian, the A Dorian b2, and the A Dorian #4.
Example_14.mid An A Maj7 chord, over which you will play six bars each of the A Major Pentatonic, A Ionian, A Lydian, A Kumoi mode 3, A Lydian #2, and A Hirojoshi, mode 6 scales.
Example_15.mid An A7 chord, over which you will play six bars each of the A Mixolydian, A Pelog mode 3, A Lydian Dominant, A Ahava Raba, A Hungarian minor, and A Lydian minor scales.
Example_16.mid A 12-bar blues progression in A, over which you will play six bars each of the A Blues Modified, A Hungarian Gypsy, A Kumoi (Dorian pentatonic), A Ritusen, and A Phrygian Major scales.
Example_17.mid A 12-bar blues progression in A, over which you will play the A Mixolydian over the A7, the D Mixolydian over the D7, and the E Mixolydian over the E7 chords.
Example_18.mid Another example of playing over changes.  Here you will play a C Ionian over a CMaj7, a G Mixolydian (same scale) over a G7, and then switch to an F Ionian over an FMaj7.
Example_19.mid Example for using the A Harmonic Minor scale over a progression of scale-tone chords.
Example_20.mid Example for using the A Neapolitan Major Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords.
Example_21.mid Example for using the A Ahava Raba Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords.
Example_22.mid Example for using the A Dorian b5 Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords
Example_23.mid Example for using the A Byzantine Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords
Example_24.mid Example for using the A Enigmatic Minor Scale over a progression of scale-tone chords