Backing Tracks in A

[jasongins]

OG -

Thanks for posting all of these backing tracks. Regarding the original backing tracks posted in this thread, could you let me know what key the 4th one is in (the long synth/drum groove)? I have been working on the minor pentatonic scale in A with my teacher, but it doesn't seem to fit that track. I'd like to play along with it, but I don't really know where on the neck it is "safe" to play it. Thanks!

[marnold***]

Thanks for posting all of these backing tracks. Regarding the original backing tracks posted in this thread, could you let me know what key the 4th one is in (the long synth/drum groove)? I have been working on the minor pentatonic scale in A with my teacher, but it doesn't seem to fit that track. I'd like to play along with it, but I don't really know where on the neck it is "safe" to play it. Thanks!

I'm not the old guy, but it is in A. It a chord progression based on an A major pentatonic scale, so it sounds better with the major pentatonic than the minor. A sneaky way to "convert" your A minor forms to A major is to shift them down three frets (aka a step and a half). Then you are actually playing in F# minor, BUT F# is the relative minor of A which means that when you play F# minor you are also playing A major. Just remember to stick around the A notes instead of the F#s. That way it will sound "right" when you play it. The theory is a bit deep, but it's really as simple as that.

[jasongins]

Thanks for putting me on the right track, marnold. I'll be working on it!