Jason Derulo - It Girl (backing track for guitar & vocals)

Download the backing track and chords (mp3 & pdf) here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzyPuhJD-CzMVk5DemV2ZzJGSXM


Youtube video:
http://youtu.be/0Fqof-BWX-c

BasicGuitarResourceDump_002: Backing tracks

Tired of single chord progression tracks? Ready for some full songs to play along with? Here we go!

What's included in the download:

Closing Time - Semisonic
Defying Gravity - Glee cast
Flashlight - Jessie J
Go On Girl - Ne-Yo
Halik - Aegis
Hate That I Love You - Rihanna + Ne-Yo
Just Give Me A Reason - Pink + Nate Ruess
Let It Go - Idina Menzel
Night Changes - One Direction
Photograph - Ed Sheeran
Rude - Magic!
Steal My Girl - One Direction
The Only Exception - Paramore
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Together - Ne-Yo
With You - Chris Brown
(PDF files of lyrics and chords)

All backing tracks produced by chiq garcia (me).

Download the zip file here (84 mb):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyPuhJD-CzMMER1ZTQ5azJJd2c/view?usp=sharing

Single Chord Progression Tracks

As promised, here are the 'practice chords' backing tracks which I produced. These single chord progression tracks are designed to commit chords to muscle memory through repetition. As mentioned in my prior post, I set out to drill my pupil through 75 chords. With that in mind, some of you may notice that some of the songs have 'incorrect' chords. The chords of these songs were transposed in order to achieve my objective.

Here's a sample of what's included in the download:

NoScrubs
PassTheDutchie
TheTideIsHigh
OnBendedKnee
SoYoung
Billionaire-Santeria
SuperTrouper
PriceTag
HIMYM
Titanium
LetItGo
GettinJiggyWithIt
ThisLove
Hotstepper
GirlFromIpanema
CarelessWhisper
Westside
JustTheTwoOfUs
September
Fantasy
IWillSurvive
BlurredLines
LetMeBlowYaMind
LadyDi
CanonInD

Download the zip file here (118 mb):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzyPuhJD-CzMN01DQW1rY1hreUE/view?usp=sharing

Welcome

Welcome to Basic Guitar Resource Dump. Although not a 'proper' blog, I do hope that it proves to be an indispensable resource for guitar instructors or kids aspiring to teach themselves how to play the guitar.

It all started when my sister asked me to teach her son how to play the guitar. I readily answered 'yes' not knowing what I was about to get myself into. No, it's not a horror story, but I just assumed that it would be a fairly easy task. I thought that I'd just give him several crucial tips on technique, hand him a fake book, and be done with it. Wrong. Okay, let's make a few backing tracks to make sessions more interesting. Not adequate. I had to make drills to develop his strumming technique (even more backing tracks). I ended up making 21 backing tracks to drill his right hand and 'force' him to memorize a small portion of the fretboard.

But that's not the impressive part. If I advised him to 'practice chords', I know very well that that would yield zero results. So, what are we looking at here? There are 12 notes to an octave (C to B, sharps/flats included), five absolutely essential chords (major, minor, dominant 7, minor 7, major 7), throw in the most practical sus4, sus2, root/third inversions, and we've got 75 chords (12 x 5 = 60, and an extra 15). Upon realizing just how many chords should be included, I started working on the backing tracks (not without some hesitation).

As the name suggests (resource dump), I won't actually be teaching you how to play the guitar (the internet is littered with guitar sites). I will, however, provide you backing tracks to make practice time more fun.

On my next entry, I will be sharing these 'practice chords' backing tracks.