Have fun while improving your improv chops jamming over this slow ballad backing track in E minor/G Major from Guitar Control. Use the provided tabs for the scales to use over this killer guitar backing track.
E Minor Pentatonic & E Natural Minor Scales
G Major Scale
Slow Ballad Backing Track
This slow ballad Backing Track In E minor/G Major consists of two parts. Part one, similar to a verse, is a nice progressive chord progression consisting of; E minor (Em), E minor over C (Em/C), G and B minor seven over F sharp (Bm7/F#). Being that it is centered around the E minor tonality playing in E natural minor and all of its positions works really well. You can also use E minor pentatonic.
Part two of this slow ballad backing track Backing Track In E minor/ G major is similar to a Chorus and consists of; C, D, B minor (Bm) and Em. Since the tonal focus is on G using G Major and all of its positions works really well for this section of the track. You can also use E minor pentatonic over this section as well.
About The Scales
The Natural Minor Scale, aka The Aeolian Mode, is a musical mode and a diatonic scale, aka the natural minor scale. It is the scale on the piano that starts with A. Its ascending interval form consists of a key note, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step.
The Minor Pentatonic Scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave and is very common and found all over the world.
The major scale, aka the Ionian Mode, is a seven tone diatonic scale that is widely used in western music. The eighth duplicates the first at double its frequency so that it is called a higher octave of the same note, which its name is derived from Latin “octavus”, the eighth.
Ballad Backing Track Lessons and Songs
Jam This Epic Power Ballad Backing Track In G Major from Guitar Control instructor Darrin Goodman. This track will get your sweet melodic licks flowing from your soul. Check out the free tabs for the scales that you can use.
Epic Power Ballad Backing Track In G Major
This Epic Power Ballad Backing Track In G Major consists of three parts. Part one, similar to a verse, is a nice slow melodic chord progression consisting of; G, Em7 and Cadd9. Being that it is centered around the G major chord playing in G Ionian (G Major) and all of its positions works really well. You can also use E minor pentatonic, E is the relative minor to G major.
Part two of this Epic Power Ballad Backing Track In G Major is similar to a bridge and consists of; Am, C and D. Since the tonal focus is on Am using the A Dorian mode and all of its positions works really well for this section of the track. You can also use A minor pentatonic over this section as well.
The third part of this Epic Power Ballad Backing Track In G Major is were things pick up and the heavy power chords come in. This sections chord progression consists of; G, D/F#, Em, C and D. For this section you can go back to using G Ionian and all of its positions as well as E pentatonic minor.
About The Scales
The major scale, aka the Ionian Mode, is a seven tone diatonic scale that is widely used in western music. The eighth duplicates the first at double its frequency so that it is called a higher octave of the same note, which its name is derived from Latin “octavus”, the eighth.
The Pentatonic Scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave. They can be found all over the world and are the main scale used in the Blues genre.
Dorian is the second of the seven major modes. The Dorian Mode is composed by playing the major scale and flattening the third and seventh note’s by one half steps, or simple sharpen the sixth note of the natural minor scale or Aeolian Mode. The name Dorian comes from the Greek referring to the “Dorian Greeks”. Since the Dorian Mode is made up from the major scale with a lowered 3rd and 7th (minor 3rd & 7th), it can be played over minor, minor 7th, and minor 9th chords and is compatible with many major chord progressions and keys. Many modern and classic rock guitarists have used the Dorian Mode in there compositions such as Carlos Santana, Toni Iommi, and Sound Garden to name a few, a notable song based in the Dorian Mode is Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel.
Lessons Major Pentatonic Lick
Ballad Backing Track Lessons and Songs
Jam Over This Killer Major Pentatonic Backing Track In E from Guitar Control instructor Darrin Goodman. This fun backing track is a traditional 12 bar in the key of E and will have you playing sweet blues tonight.
Backing Track Structure
This backing track is a traditional 12 bar blues. It consists of four bars of the one chord, which is E9. Then two bars of the four chord, which is A7. Then back to two more bars of the one chord. Then we have one bar of the five chord, which is B7 and then one bar of the four chord and finally two more bars of the one chord or in this case the turnaround.
The Scales
Ideally you will want to use the pentatonic major scale for this. You can stay in the E Major Pentatonic scale throughout, but it sounds so sweet when you change with the chord changes. So for the four bars of the one chord you will use E Major Pentatonic. For the four chord you will use A Major Pentatonic and for the five chord you will use B Major pentatonic. Don’t know the major pentatonic scale? No Problem. To play the major pentatonic scale you simply use the pentatonic scale patterns you already know and just play them three frets flat. So if you want to use the first pattern of the pentatonic scale, the first pattern, you would simply start it on the 9th fret instead of the 12th fret to play over the one chord; in this case the one chord is E9.
If you really want to dig into the blues and learn all of the concepts including using the major pentatonic scale then check out our course How To Play Smokin’ Blues. This course is taught by Guitar Control founder and instructor Claude Johnson. This course will have you playing sweet blues guitar tonight!
Lesson on Deep Jam Guitar
Lessons Major Pentatonic Lick
Hey! We just got a bunch of new jam tracks and I’m in jamming heaven!
Here’s a solo I did over one of these hot tracks. Enjoy
CLAUDE SOLO
[audio:https://guitarcontrol.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SOLO1.mp3]2nd CLAUDE SOLO
[audio:https://guitarcontrol.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SOLO2.mp3]3rd CLAUDE SOLO
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SILVIO SOLO
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