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Free Jam Tracks - Brought to you by Nick Cresswell

Country Guitar Jam Tracks

01 Ab Medium Twang (A if you play guitar and tune down 1/2 a step) mp3 wma
Time/size: 4 mins/5.53mb
Country jam track: straight ahead country feel in Ab (100 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums
Suggestions: Try picking your way through it with some 16ths.

02 C Rude Country Mood mp3 wma
Time/size: 2 mins 13 secs/3.07mb
Country jam track: Fast Country C, Ami, G progression (160 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums
Suggestion(s): The chords in this are C, A minor and G.
Try and keep up!

04 D Country Up Ahead mp3 wma
Time/size: 4 mins 16 secs/5.90mb
Country jam track: Upbeat Country in D.(156 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums
Suggestion(s): This progression is a 16 bar I IV V I.
Major pentatonic is a good place to start here.

05 D Funken Country Rock mp3 wma
Time/size: 5 mins 23 secs/7.42mb
Country jam track: Laid back groove D to G (78 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords are D and G.
Start out with the D and G Pentatonic Scales.

06 E Mosey On Down mp3 wma
Time/size: 5 mins 20 secs/7.38mb
Country jam track: Laid back country thang in E (84 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass and drums
Suggestion(s): Standard I, IV, V chords progression. Chords are E, A & B5.
Start out with the E, A and B Major Pentatonic Scales moving from the
Root up to the 5th of each chord.

07 A Both Kinds Of Music mp3 wma
Time/size: 5 mins 23 secs/7.45mb
Country jam track: Up tempo country blues in A (208 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords are A (using the b3 of the A to break up the chord), D7,
E (using the b3 of the E chord) - and an E7 in the turnaround.
Try an A blues scale off the A chord and D and E Major Pentatontic scales on the D & E chords. Also, shift from using Major Pentatonic scales to Blues scales on the D & E chords.

08 A Echuca Paddle Steamer mp3 wma
Time/size: 6 mins 06 secs/8.38mb
Country jam track: Straight country in A (180 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar, bass and drums
progression is made up of: A7, D7 and E7 chords
To lead into the A7 and E7 chords I've used the b3rd (of the A and E) to give it a bit of extra twang.
Suggestion(s): Get on down to Bob's Country Bunker and pull out some Hank Marvin licks on yer gitfiddle! Play an A Major Pentatonic over the A7 chord, a D Major Pentatonic over the D7 and E Major Pentatonic over the E7.

Danny Gatton - Sleepwalk Guitar solo

Jam on!