Recommended practice tool: Chordpulse

[SBassman]

I recently purchased Chordpulse, and I thought I'd come here and recommend it.

It's an easy way to type in a few chords, choose a style, and have a backing track to rehearse to. Then when you are done with that, you can have one click changes of key and tempo.

I know there are other alternatives out there, but some of them are needlessly cluttered for a practice tool. And some of them are much more expensive.

Chordpulse is $24.95.

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[I have no affiliation. I just think it is a very useful, simple practice tool at a very fair price.]

 

[SBassman]

I just wanted to chime in that there is an update with more styles and the styles organized by genre.
There are several Jazz styles now.

I frequently use this tool to very quickly put together a backing track for practice.

 

[1stnamebassist]

I wonder if their is something similar that I can get for my Mac?

 

[LeeNunn]

This sounds similar to iReal Pro.
iReal Pro - Music Book & Play Along on the Mac App Store

 

[SBassman]

This sounds similar to iReal Pro.
iReal Pro - Music Book & Play Along on the Mac App Store

iReal looks like it would be a match for me if I had a Mac. In the Windows world, we have Band In The Box, which many use here, but it's too much money and Stuff for me. I like to keep it simple for a tool like this. Chordpulse hits that spot, and it looks like iReal does, too.
If there was ever a 20 dollar version of iReal for Windows, I'd be all over it.

 

[atza]

Along similar lines I can recommend Invalid Link Removed,change instruments,choose among hundreds of styles. Also you can turn off single instruments which makes it realy great for minus one backing tracks

 

[MalcolmAmos]

I'm a cheap skate and let Google find me backing tracks.
Here is an example:



Just keep looking and your style will come up.