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Any iphone apps that have guitar/drums?

FishDub

Stuck in the 80s and happy about it
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Hey all
Sorry if its been posted before but does anyone have an app on their phone that has BOTH a drum machine and background guitar to play along to? It gets a bit redundant to play with just drums over and over..Thanks!
 
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Are you looking for something programmable? Or something like jazz standards?

I’m interested in this. So far I’ve just been collecting MP3s on my phone from my play along materials (Aebersold, etc)
I’m actually looking for something in addition to having just a drum machine app- I have that. I thought it would be cool to have the drum machine and a guitar without the bass. Almost like a bass canceling feature. Even if it just a cover song app.
 
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This one is good for practice:
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There's forums where people share tunes.
I second this, IReal Pro is really good for this kind of stuff.
What puzzles me about your question is: if you play along to drumtracks you can just chose a track you like and play along, but what do you expect from a guitar track? Who should tell the guitar, what chords to play?
 
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I second this, IReal Pro is really good for this kind of stuff.
What puzzles me about your question is: if you play along to drumtracks you can just chose a track you like and play along, but what do you expect from a guitar track? Who should tell the guitar, what chords to play?
I will clarify- I see on some of the youtube videos, bassists playing along to what seems like "generic" drums/background guitar/maybe piano. That's what I am after, even if they are cover songs. My question was if there is an app similar to what I am describing available.
 
Check out GarageBand on iOS. Has the ability to record your own tracks or import loops to create backing tracks. And it’s a free app on iPhone.

For something to quickly set up a vamp or to do some brushing up on the standards, I think iRealPro is the way to go (though it doesn't do guitar and the auto accompaniment gets pretty tiresome after half an hour. GarageBand is so much more fun to work with (and play along to). I keep and old iPad mini just for that app, even though I'm really an Android user.
 
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