G Major Groove Backing Track | 88 BPM | Happy Uplifting Jam in G

G major groove backing track at 88 BPM - a happy, uplifting, laid-back straight 16th-note major 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 (11 times through the 16-bar form) with a count-in and a clean ending. Key: G major (G) Tempo: 88 BPM, straight (not swung) 16th-note feel Progression: original 16-bar A/B form (A: I-iii-IV-V, I-V/vi-vi-ii-V; B: IV-V-I-V/ii, ii-I-V/V-V) Section A (bars 1-8): Gadd9 | Bm7 | Cmaj7 | D7sus4 D | G6 | B7 | Em7 | Am7 D7 Section B (bars 9-16): Cmaj9 | D6 | Gmaj7 | E7 | Am9 | G6 | A7 | D7sus4 D 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, major pentatonic tones in teal, and the extra major scale color tones (C F♯) circled in purple. SCALES TO SOLO WITH G major pentatonic + G major scale notes: G A B D E + C F♯ (major scale color tones) G major (Ionian), the home palette for every diatonic chord here: G A B C D E F♯ Over B7: D♯ (its major 3rd) pulls up to E in Em7 - E harmonic minor sound Over E7: G♯ (its major 3rd) pulls up to A in Am9; over A7: C♯ (its major 3rd) leads up to D Root notes (G): low E 3, low E 15, A 10, D 5, G 0, G 12, B 8, high e 3, high e 15 FRET POSITIONS (standard tuning) Box 1 (frets 2-5): low E 3 5 | A 2 5 | D 2 5 | G 2 4 | B 3 5 | high e 3 5 major scale color tones in Box 1: F♯ low E 2, C A 3, F♯ D 4, C G 5, F♯ high e 2 Box 2 (relative-minor shape) (frets 0-3): low E 0 3 | A 0 2 | D 0 2 | G 0 2 | B 0 3 | high e 0 3 major scale color tones in Box 2 (relative-minor shape): F♯ low E 2, C A 3, C B 1, F♯ high e 2 CHORD TONES TO TARGET Gadd9 = G B D A Bm7 = B D F♯ A Cmaj7 = C E G B D7sus4 = D G A C D = D F♯ A G6 = G B D E B7 = B D♯ F♯ A Em7 = E G B D Am7 = A C E G D7 = D F♯ A C Cmaj9 = C E G B D D6 = D F♯ A B Gmaj7 = G B D F♯ E7 = E G♯ B D Am9 = A C E G B A7 = A C♯ E G Tip: the secondary dominants give the lift - over B7 land on D♯ (its major 3rd, A string 6th fret or B string 4th fret) and resolve up a half step to E in Em7; over E7 aim for G♯ (G string 1st fret or high e 4th fret) on the way to Am9; over A7 the C♯ (B string 2nd fret) leads up to D. Over Gadd9 the A (its 9th) sounds bright and open, over G6 and D6 the E and B (their 6ths) add sweetness, and over Gmaj7 and Cmaj7 try resting on the F♯ and B (their major 7ths). CHAPTERS 0:00 Count-in + Chorus 1 - intro (light, side-stick) 0:46 Chorus 2 - groove 2:14 Chorus 4 - build (open hi-hats, funky rhythm guitar) 2:57 Chorus 5 - peak (full band) 3:41 Chorus 6 - breakdown (lighter) 4:25 Chorus 7 - groove 5:08 Chorus 8 - build (open hi-hats, funky rhythm guitar) 5:52 Chorus 9 - peak (full band) 7:19 Chorus 11 - outro + 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 #gmajorbackingtrack #jamtrack