It doesn't fully coincide with the notes suggested in the primarily and secondary notes diagrams, but it will work as a one-way-solution for the song. The primary suggested scale to play over "G Old Country" is the G Major Pentatonic scale. To summarize, these tracks were all in the same style as "G Old Country" above, but with less chords and changes. Look at the diagrams above and change between these when the chord change in the song.
The track involves G, D and Em chords (the order is G - D - G - Em - G - D - G - Em - G). Here we will increase the level once again. Look at the diagrams above for G and D and change between these when the chord change in the song. The track involves both G and D chords therefore, you should try to hear the changes and modify your note palette depending on the chord that is play (the order is G - D - G - D and so on). But the result can be better if we succeed. Now, it is time to make it a little bit harder. Be extra careful with C and F#, since they will create minor second intervals together with the parts of the Em chord. The blue colored keys are notes of the E Minor chord and the greyĬolored keys are remaining notes of the G Major scale that can be used as passing notes. Be extra careful with G since it will create a minor second interval together with the F# in the D chord. The blue colored keys are notes of the D Major chord and the greyĬolored keys are remaining notes of the G Major scale that can be used as passing notes. Your browser does not support the audio element. Although, in some situations F#, for example, can sound great this is because other notes often are involved together on the same time, and F# is also the leading tone (that musically “leads” back to the tonic, i.e. Be extra careful with C and F#, since they will create minor second intervals together with parts of the G chord, which will result in a dissonant sound. The blue colored keys are the primarily notes to play (these are notes of the G Major chord) and the greyĬolored keys are secondary notes (these are notes of the G Major scale that can be used as passing notes). The keyboard diagram shows notes that can be played together with the sound track below. This can help you understand the underlaying factors that create the match between the notes you play on the piano and the song you hear. To make it easier for you, the backing track can be sliced into separate chords and versions with only two or three chords. In the next phase you should try to expand and modify some of the licks as well as increase your lick repertoire.
If you for example like blues, search online for blues licks and by incorporating them you have something to support your improvisation.
If you still need concrete playing advice, a tip is to look up licks. But the central thing with these jam tracks is to train your ability to improvise. It can be difficult to get the scale you use to line up with the track when where is no sheet music to lead you. Click on “Show scale” below the audio element for a diagram of the scale to use. Instead, you can use a single scale for the whole song. You don't have to change scale with chord changes. The Major Scales Backing Tracks album, for example, include instrumental tracks made specially to be used with the Major scales. Here you find backing tracks for piano categorized by scales and keys. Since you are playing the melody part, you should in general play on the middle and high register of the piano, to make it sound as best as possible. The piano parts are missing and so is the melody. The tonal flavors in all sorts of scales makes them magic tools for playing over chords and music arrangements. Backing tracks are music arrangements that can be used for play along with.