D Minor Groove Backing Track | 70 BPM | Sad Melancholy Jam in Dm

D minor groove backing track at 70 BPM - a sad, melancholy, laid-back straight 16th-note minor groove for jamming, soloing and improvisation practice. Drums, bass, rhythm guitar and electric piano only - no lead guitar, so the solo space is all yours. About 8 minutes (9 times through the 16-bar form) with a count-in and a clean ending. Key: D minor (Dm) Tempo: 70 BPM, straight (not swung) 16th-note feel Progression: original 16-bar A/B form (A: i-VI-iv-v, i-VII-VI-iiø7-V7; B: iv-i-iv-VI, iiø7-v-VI-V7) Section A (bars 1-8): Dm9 | B♭maj7 | Gm9 | Am7 | Dm9 | C | B♭maj7 | Em7♭5 A7 Section B (bars 9-16): Gm11 | Dm9 | Gm9 | B♭maj7 | Em7♭5 | Am7 | B♭maj7 | A7 On screen: the full progression with the current chord highlighted, the next chord, a beat counter, and a fretboard (standard tuning, frets 0-15) showing every note of the scale: roots in orange, minor pentatonic tones in teal, and the extra natural minor color tones (E B♭) circled in purple. SCALES TO SOLO WITH D minor pentatonic + natural minor notes: D F G A C + E B♭ (natural minor color tones) D natural minor (Aeolian), the full palette for every chord here: D E F G A B♭ C Over A7: swap C for C♯ (D harmonic minor) - D E F G A B♭ C♯ Root notes (D): low E 10, A 5, D 0, D 12, G 7, B 3, B 15, high e 10 FRET POSITIONS (standard tuning) Box 1 (frets 10-13): low E 10 13 | A 10 12 | D 10 12 | G 10 12 | B 10 13 | high e 10 13 natural minor color tones in Box 1: E low E 12, B♭ A 13, B♭ B 11, E high e 12 Box 2 (frets 12-15): low E 13 15 | A 12 15 | D 12 15 | G 12 14 | B 13 15 | high e 13 15 natural minor color tones in Box 2: E low E 12, B♭ A 13, E D 14, B♭ G 15, E high e 12 Open position (frets 0-3, same shape at 12-15): low E 1 3 | A 0 3 | D 0 3 | G 0 2 | B 1 3 | high e 1 3 natural minor color tones in open position: E low E 0, B♭ A 1, E D 2, B♭ G 3, E high e 0 CHORD TONES TO TARGET Dm9 = D F A C E B♭maj7 = B♭ D F A Gm9 = G B♭ D F A Am7 = A C E G C = C E G Em7♭5 = E G B♭ D A7 = A C♯ E G Gm11 = G B♭ D F A C Tip: over A7 the C♯ (its major 3rd, borrowed from D harmonic minor) pulls up to D in Dm9 - find it at A string 4th fret, G string 6th fret or B string 2nd fret. Over Em7♭5 lean on B♭ (its ♭5) and D; over B♭maj7 the A (its major 7th) sounds bittersweet, and over Dm9 and Gm9 let the E and A (their 9ths) ring. CHAPTERS 0:00 Count-in + Chorus 1 - intro (light, side-stick) 0:58 Chorus 2 - groove 2:48 Chorus 4 - build (rolling 16th arpeggios) 3:43 Chorus 5 - peak (ride cymbal, full band) 4:38 Chorus 6 - breakdown (lighter) 5:33 Chorus 7 - groove 6:27 Chorus 8 - build (rolling 16th arpeggios) 7:22 Chorus 9 - outro (soft) + ending About this track: the music and visuals were made with code. The chord progression is our own, the arrangement is generated by a Python script and played back with free CC0 instrument samples (Virtuosity Drums by Karoryfer Samples & Versilian Studios, Karoryfer Black And Green guitar and Black And Blue bass), with an electric piano, amp and reverb synthesized in our own code; the graphics are drawn programmatically. It does not use or copy any existing song or recording. New backing tracks every Monday, Wednesday and Friday - each one in a different key. Subscribe to Pocket Pentatonic and tell me in the comments which key, groove or tempo you want next. #guitarbackingtrack #dminorbackingtrack #jamtrack