jamm loops
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The following music and sound files run for extended lengths of time so we can jam along with the sound loop. Like a vamp? Exactly. Lot's of choices in most of the styles, pretty much in one key unless the loop modulates etc. So, simply tune up and off ya go!

tuning pitch  440 = A

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tuning pitch  452 = Bb

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Folk sounds.

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A bit of Gospel ...

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Blues / blues vamp.

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Dominant chord bluesy vamp, One to flat Seven.

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Rockin pentatonic magic

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Won't you take me to "funky" town ...?

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Slow minor colors.

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The jazz Two / Five  / One / Six ...

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Jazz motion with the "sharp One diminished color."

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Modulation to the subdominant / "Misty" changes.

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The diatonic Three / Six / Two / Five cycle.

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Samba.

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minor pentatonic color / minor 9th jam loop

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C major / Bb major.

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Cool huh? Dig the jamming with the record thing? Tis way fun. Need more ideas along these lines? Check out the Jamie Aebersold series of play a long records. Just search the web for more options.

"It's all going the way it's supposed to be going.

Otherwise it would be going some other way."

Sandy Harper