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
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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). |
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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). |
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Example_3.mid |
A progression of all scale-tone chords, over
which you may practice your C-Major scale. |
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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. |
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Example_5.mid |
A 12-bar blues progression in A. |
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Example_6.mid |
A 12-bar blues progression in A. |
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Example_7.mid |
A Dm7 chord for practicing the D-Dorian mode. |
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Example_8.MID |
An Em7 chord for practicing E-Phrygian mode. |
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Example_9.mid |
Another example for using the 'C-Major' scale
over an all minor-chord progression. |
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Example_10.mid |
An FMaj9(#11) chord for practicing the F-Lydian
mode. |
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Example_11.mid |
A G7 chord for practicing the G-Mixolydian mode. |
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Example_12.mid |
A Bm7(b5) chord for practicing the B-Locrian
Mode |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Example_19.mid |
Example for using the A Harmonic Minor scale
over a progression of scale-tone chords. |
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Example_20.mid |
Example for using the A Neapolitan Major Scale
over a progression of scale-tone chords. |
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Example_21.mid |
Example for using the A Ahava Raba Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords. |
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Example_22.mid |
Example for using the A Dorian b5 Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords |
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Example_23.mid |
Example for using the A Byzantine Scale over a
progression of scale-tone chords |
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Example_24.mid |
Example for using the A Enigmatic Minor Scale
over a progression of scale-tone chords |