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This is an A minor Bollywood backing track: a filmi groove on dholak: strummed acoustic chords and a bouncing bass. It plays the i – ♭VII – ♭VI – ♭VII (filmi) progression in A minor at 96 BPM in 4/4, round and round, so you can practise soloing, rhythm or both.
The player above is set to this track. Press Play, slow it down or speed it up, mute the guitar to play the chords yourself, or mute the bass to play the bass line. You can also switch key or style without leaving the page.
A dholak groove from Hindi film songs: bouncing low and high drums, a shaker, strummed acoustic chords and a bass that follows the dholak.
i – ♭VII – ♭VI – ♭VII: a minor progression heard in many Hindi film songs. In A minor that is Am, G, F.
In numbers: i = Am · ♭VII = G · ♭VI = F. The numbers count from the key’s root, so the same progression works in any key.
Open-position shapes where they exist, the easiest barre chords where they do not.
Strum down, up, up on each half bar with the accent on the down; let the chords ring on the minor key changes. Mute the guitar in the player and the band leaves the part to you.
Natural minor and its pentatonic fit the progression; slide into notes and use small ornaments like a singer would.
Scales get you through the track; landing on the chord tones makes a solo follow the changes. The strongest notes over each chord are its 3rd and 7th:
| Chord | Root | 3rd | 5th | 7th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Am | A | C | E | – |
| G | G | B | D | – |
| F | F | A | C | – |
Am, G, F, in the order Am | G | F | G.
A minor pentatonic (A C D E G) is the first choice; A natural minor and A blues also work.
Yes: change the tempo or tap another key in the player and the band follows from the next bar. Every track is made live, so any tempo sounds natural.
Yes: from the menu, save it as an MP3 or WAV file, as MIDI for your music software, or print the chord chart.
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