

The piece is in a style that doesn’t easily show the chords.But, you may not feel comfortable doing this if: You can figure out the chord progression on your own. Many contemporary arrangements of top 40 songs already come with chord symbols written above the melody line. The first thing I needed to do when creating the backing tracks was to get or make a chord chart. Shows students where there are weak spots in their piece.Students hear how instrument & style choices change the genre of a song.Changes or modifies the style of a song to something more interesting to the student.Develop a steady pulse at different tempos.Acts as a metronome without the steady click.( Thank you, Google Dictionary)įor students & teachers, it opens up a whole new world! Simply put a backing track is a “recorded accompaniment for someone to play or sing with”. But, playing with a backing track is a whole new level of being prepared. This isn’t to say that my students haven’t been preparing for the recital.

A backing track tells you exactly where you need to practice … without saying a word.

