Double Bass 2-5-1 Backing Tracks In 12 Keys

[Basscat125]

Hey,
Does anyone know a link to 2-5-1 backings in all twelve keys that would work on a tablet such as an Ipad etc?

 

[Febs]

You could use the iReal Pro app.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

You could use the iReal Pro app.

+1

 

[Brent Nussey]

Just my opinion, but I think you're better off with a play along like Aebersold's http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=V03DS#.U2WQTNoayK0. Than the ireal pro thing. At least with the Aebersold recording you play with a real rhythm section. I once tried to use the ireal program to try to practice some things, and my wife poked her head into the room and asked "did you record this piano track?" - because I'm a terrible pianist, but she thought it sounded pretty bad, even for me. Maybe she was going to show me some better voicings.

Play with a real rhythm section, pass on the cheap sequencer. Just my opinion.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Brent is correct that the voicings on the iReal app are pretty bad and are much better with Aebersold. The only issue with Aebersold tracks is that the tempos are fixed, which leaves you with a choice to make: sounds good, or the exact tempo you want.

 

[Brent Nussey]

Agreed. The assumption I guess I'm making here, and maybe I shouldn't be, is that the reason to play with a backing track is to hear how whatever you're working on sits in the harmony. If you're trying to master some materials technically, I'd argue that a metronome works just as well. If you want to hear what it sounds like in the context of a rhythm section, don't you want to hear it against a decent one?

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Yes, in theory. In truth, I work for Jamey for two weeks every summer, and I even played a gig with him last night. I'm not critical of his playalongs in most senses, but the tempos are a limiting factor. When I practice piano, I sometimes use iRealB (without the cheesetastic piano voicings, of course) to practice a chunk of a tune or a certain progression at a certain tempo. My students use it a lot. They kind of think of it as a "metronome plus", with the understanding that it's still a bit of a crutch. I like to use it in piano lessons and record them playing with the rhythm section so we can go back and listen for time deviations and places where the creative flow is constricted by thought. If the tempo of the thing being practiced were at the tempo of an Aebersold recording, I'd use that 100 times out of 100. But if the practice tempo needs to be slower to truly learn the lesson, I think the iReal B can be a useful tool.

 

[Basscat125]

hey guys just to place it in to context im using it harmonically to transcribe some miles davis licks in to the twelve keys. thanks for the replies all this information is great!

many thanks,
Conor

 

[Huy Nguyen]

Another way to make backing tracks is to use a keyboard and learn how to comp on the piano and record it.

It's time consuming but hey, you get a little piano time on the side.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Another way to make backing tracks is to use a keyboard and learn how to comp on the piano and record it.

It's time consuming but hey, you get a little piano time on the side.

Totally agree - this is how I create practice tracks 95% of the time these days. The benefits are that you can create your own tempo and feel, and record only as much of whatever progression as you want to practice, then edit the track and set it to loop indefinitely.