01 G Bb C Leonard Skinner Rock Out No Bassmp3
Time/size: 7 mins 11 secs/9.91mb
Rock jam track: Rock progression G5, Bb5, C5 (154 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestions: Use 8th notes and some syncopation.
Walk up to and down to each chord.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
02 E Acoustic Mellow I IV vi No Bassmp3
Time/size: 4 mins 29 secs/6.19mb
Rock jam track: E, A9 and C#mi7 progression (90 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: acoustic guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Make the song interesting with the bass.
Use the tones from the chords to connect the chords.
03 A Acoustic New Jersey Turnpike No Bassmp3
Time/size: 3 mins 52 secs/5.34mb
Rock jam track: Rock n Roll feel in A (130 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: acoustic guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): This is a Bruce Springsteen inspired type of feel
from his great acoustic/vocal/harp album Nebraska.
04 A Emo's Disco Hour No Bassmp3
Time/size: 4 mins 06 secs/5.66mb
Rock jam track: Light rock in A (180 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords used are: (A9 to A5) and (C9 to C5).
Create a busy bass line to liven up the chords.
05 D Fuzzy Rock No Bassmp3
Time/size: 4 mins 13 secs/5.82mb
Rock jam track: Straight Rock in D (100 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords used are: (D, B), (A, G).
I vi V IV progression. Try straight 8th notes.
06 D EVH Rocks the World No Bassmp3
Time/size: 4 mins 21 secs/6.00mb
Rock jam track: Rock in D (170 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords used are: D, A, G.
Walking into and out of each chord - make the connection.
07 C Grunge Unplugged No Bassmp3
Time/size: 5 mins 14 secs/7.22mb
Rock jam track: Chilled out rock in C (76 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords used are: C9, A9, FMa7, G9.
Connect the chords with good note choices and give a bit of life to the progression.
08 E Rocket Rock No Bassmp3
Time/size: 4 mins 43 secs/6.53mb
Rock jam track: Laid back rock in E (100 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords used are: E5, G#5, A5, F#5.
Start simple and build it - follow the dynamics of the track.
09 G Old School Rock No Bassmp3
Time/size: 3 mins 50 secs/5.30mb
Rock jam track: Straight ahead rock in G (100 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Chords are D, C & G. ie a V, IV, I progression.
Lay down a solid groove using Root and 5th notes.
Looking Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10 B Rock Like Rock No Bassmp3 unplugged acoustic versionmp3
Time/size: 5 mins 38 secs/7.75mb
Rock jam track: chords used are B7, E, F# & G#5. (80 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): start with the Root and flat 7th notes for this backing track.
11 F Gasoline Rock No Bassmp3
Time/size: 6 mins 22 secs/8.74mb
Rock chord progression: F, Bb, F, C, Bb, F, C - all major chords. (86 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestion(s): Play the Root, 3rd, 5th and 6th of each chord and find the groove.
01 C Jammin' With Little Eythan No Bassmp3 unplugged acoustic version mp3
Time/size: 5 mins 36 secs/7.70mb
Rock jam track: Progression is verse: C-C9, F-F9, G-G9 chorus: C9, D/F#, F, G-G9 (80 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing track instruments: electric guitar and drums
Suggestions: This track is split between verse and chorus that go for 9 bars each section.
Play notes from the chords and use 9ths.
Chris Cornell - Black Hole Sun
02 G Let the Marching Band Go No Bassmp3
Time/size: 5 mins 15 secs/7.21mb
Style: Straight ahead Rock in G (130 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing instruments: electric guitar and drums.
Progression is: C9-G5 over 2 bars x 4, then a G riff over 2 bars x 4. You could think of the C9 chord as just a variation of the G chord. ie the C is the 4th (or 'sus' ie suspended) of the G chord and the 9th of the C chord is the 5th of the G.
You can get carried away with theory though - what we are really dealing with here is sounds.
The G riff runs down from the 6th to the Root - (6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd to Root) x 3 & (6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 7th to Root) x 1.
I absolutely love Pearl Jam - that's what I had in mind when I was coming up with this track.
suggestion(s): Use the G Major scale over the progression and play the riff with the guitar.
You could also try using the G Mixolydian scale:
G Major is: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#
G Mixolydian is: G, A, B, C, D, E, F
Can you see the difference between the G Major (Ionian Mode) and G Mixolydian Modes?
The Mixolydian scale uses a b7 instead of the Major 7. That one note is the only difference between those 2 scales. Simple, but it gives a total different sound using the b7 instead of the Major 7th. Lead into the C & the G from the 5th of the C & the G - walk up using both the 5th-6th-b7th & the 5th-6th-7th. Play around with it - that's what this website is all about - not telling you what to play or that one thing sounds better or something is right or wrong - there are no rights & no wrongs, it's all up to your ear, imagination and your soul.
Music is not intellectual, it's about feel, groove, experimentation, exploration, communication and fun. Play it from your heart.
03 E Float Like a Butterfly No Bassmp3
Time/size: 6 mins 24 secs/8.79mb
Style: Grunge-Rock in E (108 beats per minute/bpm)
Backing instruments: electric guitar and drums
Progression: E - F#sus7, Bsus - A7
Suggestion(s): Play Root and 5th notes for each of the four chords and build a bass line from there.
Below is an example bass line using only the Root and 5th notes of each of the 4 chords. Play around with those notes and then add more chord tones later on.
