Blues in Db Backing Track (minus Drums), Swing, 130 bpm

Jazz Blues Backing Track. A mid-tempo jazz blues for practicing: Blues melodies Improvising solos Working through difficult or unfamiliar keys Double-time fragments Phrasing and timing Some things to try: Try improvising using only chord tones or guide-tone lines Practice the "question, question, answer" phrasing that is indicative of the blues form. Work on integrating acquired licks or language over this form Dominant 7 options: Mixolydian (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7, 1) Lydian b7 (1, 2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7) Melodic Dom. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7, 1) Harmonic Dom. (1, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7, 1) Altered (1, b2, #2, 3, b5, #5, b7) Half-whole dim. (1, b2, #2, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7) Whole Tone (1, 2, 3, #4, #5, b7) Harmonic Major Dominant (1, b2, 3, 4, 5, 6, b7) Practice moving from harmonic specific phrases (chord-tone approach) to blues scale (minor pentatonic) phrases. Here are some variations of this track to try: Full band:    • Blues in Db Backing Track (Full Band), Swi...   Minus Bass:    • Blues in Db Backing Track (minus Bass), Sw...   Minus Comping (piano):    • Blues in Db Backing Track (minus Comp), Sw...   Minus Drums:    • Blues in Db Backing Track (minus Drums), S...   For some other exercises, visit www.practiceaddict.com