About this Jam Track:

This guitar backing track uses a common minor chord progression - Am, F, Dm, E7. For the first three chords, solo with A natural minor/Aeolian or A minor pentatonic scales. For the E7 chord you will need to switch to A harmonic minor - simply raise all the G notes to G#.

Track details:

  • Key: Am
  • Tempo: Slow
  • Suggested Scales: Harmonic Minor Scale, Minor Scale, Minor Pentatonic, Aeolian

Essential Guitar - Harmony & Theory Advanced

Expand and develop your advanced music theory with Danny Gill. Harmony and theory is the language of music. It is what allows musicians from all over the world, who may speak different languages verbally, to speak the same language on their instrument. This essential music theory for guitarists DVD will guide you through the major scale modes, the harmonic minor scale, the melodic minor scale, modal interchange, secondary dominants, and the diminished scale. Each example is clearly demonstrated and performed with a guitar backing track which is also included for you to play along with. Danny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani, and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Guitar series. His songs have appeared on TV shows including 'The Osbournes' and film soundtracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege'