A selection of free guitar backing tracks from our backing tracks album range.
Use these tracks to practice your lead guitar improvisation. Scale suggestions have been provided, but feel free to experiment with other scales.
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All of these tracks are available to download from our Guitar Backing Tracks page.
See our Guitar Scales reference page for scale shapes and information.
We hope that you enjoy these free guitar backing tracks... happy jamming!
Free Guitar Backing Tracks
Total Blues
From: Blues Backing Tracks
A 12 bar blues in G. Suggested scales for improvisation are G pentatonic minor, G pentatonic major or G blues scale (and any other scales or arpeggios that sound good).
'Total Blues' is taken from the Guitar Command album, 'Blues Backing Tracks'.
Gypsy Dance - Metal Backing Track In Em
From: Metal Backing Tracks
Suggested guitar scales for improvisation include: E pentatonic minor, E blues, E Phrygian modal scale modal or E Phrygian dominant scales.
'Gypsy Dance' is taken from the Guitar Command album, 'Metal Backing Tracks'.
Slow Blues Jam In Am
From: Blues Funk Backing Tracks
A nice slow blues backing track.
Suggested scales for improvisation are A blues scale or A Dorian scale.
This track is from the Guitar Command album 'Blues Funk Backing Tracks'.
Free Guitar Backing Tracks - Blues Funk In C Minor
From: Blues Funk Backing Tracks
Improvise with C pentatonic minor or C blues scales.
This track is from the Guitar Command album 'Blues Funk Backing Tracks'.
Lonely Blues
From: Late Night Blues Backing Tracks
A slow minor 12-bar blues in Em in 12/8 time.
You can improvise over this track using E pentatonic minor and E blues scales. E Dorian modal scale sounds great over the I chords, too.
"Lonely Blues" is taken from the album "Late Night Blues".
These free guitar backing tracks can be found on our YouTube channels: GuitarCommand and GuitarScalesVideo.
