{"id":4806,"date":"2012-12-12T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T17:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/wordpress\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2018-03-20T20:34:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T03:34:49","slug":"how-to-use-jam-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/how-to-use-jam-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Jam Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/pentatonic-scales-and-technique-mastery\/ghband_002-300x199\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2348\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7293\" src=\"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Griff-Hamlin2121-500x300-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Griff-Hamlin2121-500x300-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Griff-Hamlin2121-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Today I have a rather long video at 32 minutes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t leave just yet, this is important.<\/p>\n<p>So many people have a hard time turning their licks or rhythms into music. And along with that I see so many people making the same mistakes when it comes to learning the guitar.<\/p>\n<p>You see, we call it &#8220;playing&#8221; guitar for a reason&#8230; you are supposed to &#8220;play&#8221; it and not just work on it.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best teachers is experience and I&#8217;ve said that my job as a teacher is nothing more than to lead you down the path in the right way so that you can gain that experience faster and more efficiently than I did.<\/p>\n<p>Well today&#8217;s video is a perfect example of that.<!--more-->What I&#8217;ve done in this video is to take 3 different rhythm examples and 3 different lead examples and use them over jam tracks.<\/p>\n<p>In this way you&#8217;ll see how to take a short phrase or a rhythm idea that is very short, and turn it into something that you can use over a multitude of songs with different keys and feels.<\/p>\n<p>I originally intended this video to be for those of you who have some of my<a href=\"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/course-catalog#jamtracks\"> Jam Tracks<\/a> packs, but the idea is so universal that I had to expand it a little and share it with all of you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-plugin-new youtube\" style=\"max-width:100%; width:640px; height:auto; padding-top:0; padding-bottom:0; margin:0 auto;margin:0 auto; border: 0px solid #fff;margin-bottom: 20px;\"><div style=\"width:640px;height:0;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top:0;\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KI0p-tIku7g?wmode=opaque&showinfo=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;vq=&amp;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>And what you won&#8217;t find on the YouTube version of this video are the downloads&#8230; these are just for you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"downloadlist-title-container\">\n                <h3 class=\"downloadlist-title\">Downloads<\/h3>\n            <\/div><ul class=\"downloadlist-2 border\"><li><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatebluesjams.com\/pdf\/how-to-use-jam-tracks.pdf\"><img src=\"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/optimizePressPlugin\/lib\/assets\/images\/file_download\/icons\/style1-Pdf-64x64.png\" alt=\"how-to-use-jam-tracks.pdf\" class=\"thumb\" \/><\/a><div class=\"content\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatebluesjams.com\/pdf\/how-to-use-jam-tracks.pdf\">how-to-use-jam-tracks.pdf<\/a><p>The licks and notes about this video.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatebluesjams.com\/video\/how-to-use-jam-tracks.mp4\"><img src=\"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/optimizePressPlugin\/lib\/assets\/images\/file_download\/icons\/style1-Mov-64x64.png\" alt=\"how-to-use-jam-tracks.mp4\" class=\"thumb\" \/><\/a><div class=\"content\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatebluesjams.com\/video\/how-to-use-jam-tracks.mp4\">how-to-use-jam-tracks.mp4<\/a><p>The MP4 version of this video (best for Mac and some Windows users.)<\/p><\/div><\/li><li><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatebluesjams.com\/video\/how-to-use-jam-tracks.wmv\"><img src=\"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/optimizePressPlugin\/lib\/assets\/images\/file_download\/icons\/style1-Mov-64x64.png\" alt=\"how-to-use-jam-tracks.wmv\" class=\"thumb\" \/><\/a><div class=\"content\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatebluesjams.com\/video\/how-to-use-jam-tracks.wmv\">how-to-use-jam-tracks.wmv<\/a><p>The video in WMV format (best for Windows users.)<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<p>And did I mention that my band put together this great set of <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimatebluesjams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blues jam tracks<\/a> you can get?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have a rather long video at 32 minutes&#8230; But don&#8217;t leave just yet, this is important. So many people have a hard time turning their licks or rhythms into music. And along with that I see so many people making the same mistakes when it comes to learning the guitar. 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