Backing Track

Cantaloupe Island Bassless Backing Track

This Cantaloupe Island backing track stays simple and repetitive so you can focus on groove, motif development, and modal phrasing. This version is bassless so bass players can supply the line themselves.

Intermediate 16-bar loop
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Chord progression

Fm11 i11
Db7#11 bVI7#11
D7#11 VI7#11

How to practice

  1. 1 Build your solo from one or two rhythmic cells and vary them.
  2. 2 Think in even eighths, not swing phrasing.
  3. 3 Let the Db7#11 and D7#11 colors register by changing note emphasis, not by overplaying.

Suggested scales & modes

  • F Dorian
  • F minor pentatonic
  • F blues scale

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