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Overcast Tuesday – Blues Backing track in A

For those with a traditional blues persuasion that like soloing in a major key, this backing track is for you! Using a triplet based time signature of 12/8, the chord progression is a little busier than a standard three chord 12 bar and uses the following chords:

|A7 | D7 | A7 Bb7| A7 |

|D7 | D7 | A7 Bm7|C#m7 Cm7|

|Bm7| E7 | A7 D7| A7 E7|

For your soloing, consider using A blues scale throughout, using your ear to see which notes will work best over the chords. If you want further ideas to explore, try A major pentatonic over the A7 chords, A minor pentatonic over the D7 chords and then chord tones (ie the root, 3^rd, 5^th and 7^th notes from the chord) for the other chords. Tone wise, almost anything goes but a humbucker guitar with a little overdrive would be the most suitable. If you have a slide use that on your third or fourth finger for some Allman-like lead phrases!