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This is a G♯ minor funk backing track: sixteenth-note funk: popping bass, scratchy muted strums and short chord stabs high on the neck. It plays the i7 – IV7 (Dorian vamp) progression in G♯ minor at 100 BPM in 4/4, round and round, so you can practise soloing, rhythm or both.
G♯ and A♭ are the same pitch; the chords are spelled in G♯. 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.
How the band plays it
Sixteenth notes everywhere: the hi-hat, scratchy muted strums and short stabs, with a bass that pops octaves. The groove stays on one or two chords so the rhythm is the song.
The chords
A two-chord Dorian vamp: a minor seventh chord and the major IV7 chord a fourth above, the IV chord’s major third being Dorian’s bright sixth. In G♯ minor that is G♯m7, C♯7.
1G♯m7
2C♯7
In numbers: i7 = G♯m7 · IV7 = C♯7. The numbers count from the key’s root, so the same progression works in any key.
The shapes the guitar plays
Small shapes on the top strings, short and crisp.
Play the rhythm part yourself
Keep your strumming hand moving in sixteenths. Lift the fretting fingers to mute for the scratches and press down only for the stabs. Mute the guitar in the player and the band leaves the part to you.
What to solo with
G♯ dorian: G♯ A♯ B C♯ D♯ E♯ F♯. The IV7 chord comes from it.