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Music Concepts for Guitar, Bass and Drums

Free Jam Tracks has started writing articles for the many musicians who visit this website. The articles consist of music instruction, music related concepts and there will also be some topics about having a website and presence on the internet with the musician in mind.

Music Concepts and Instruction

Easy Guitar Chords for Beginners - Teaches you: G, C, D, E and A Major chords.

Backing Tracks - Learn to Play Music - An introduction to playing with backing tracks.

Easy Guitar Lesson - Learn how to play Knockin' on Heaven's Door (uses chords above).

Chords, Scales and Making Guitar Practice Fun - Take your playing to the next level.

Music Practice and Motivation - How a small amount of effort will give you big results.

Playing at Open Mic Nights - Nick used to run an open mike night and still plays at them.

12 Bar Blues Progression - The structure of, and how to play, a basic 12 bar blues.

12 Bar Blues in E: Easy Guitar Chords - Use 2 note chords to play a blues in E.

Triplets and the Shuffle Rhythm - Fundamentals of counting triplets and shuffle rhythms.

Blues Chord Progressions - The Quick Change - Looking at the 2nd bar of a blues.

How to Write Lyrics - 5 Tips on Songwriting

Playing Through Mistakes and Going Unnoticed - Story of my life!

Bending the Blue Note - The Secret to Great Blues Guitar Revealed.

How to Tune Your Guitar Down Half a Step - Then Jam with 4, 5 & 10 on Blues Page 01.

Play Music With Backing Tracks, Friends, Teachers and Other Musicians - More is More

The Difference Between Acoustic and Electric Guitars - Learning Guitar

Performance Anxiety - Overcoming Nervousness on Stage - 5 Tips

C Dominant 7 - This was a previous chord shape of the week. You can check out more guitar chords on the Guitar Chords pages.

Songwriting and Multitrack Recording - Some ideas to help you get more out of songwriting.

Shut Up and Practice - It's Time to Get Good - On goal setting and practice

3 Easy-To-Learn Blues Licks in the Key of A - To jam with a blues in A

How to Tune Drums - Where to begin if you don't know how to tune drums

Street Performers and Busking - Taking the music to the streets.