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is there a good backing track app to practice guitar over? (would be great if I can slow down too)

gkillmastergkillmaster
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thanks for any recommendations?

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  • JocphoneJocphone

    Tin Pan Rhythm is pretty nice

  • Tones4ChristTones4Christ

    If you only need drums look into Rock Drum Machine. Or if you wanna do your own backing styles or use free available ones check out MidiBand...you will need a sound generator though like Roland Sound Canvass which works perfectly.

  • BootsyBootsy

    Session band.

  • BiancaNeveBiancaNeve

    Amazing Slow Downer by Roni Music
    https://appsto.re/gb/-iVAs.i

    Transcribe+ Elegant Slow Downer and Time Strecher by Dynamic App Design LLC
    https://appsto.re/gb/lEqE-.i

    Anytune - Slow down music BPM without changing the pitch by Anytune Inc.
    https://appsto.re/gb/8GFWy.i

  • richardyotrichardyot
    edited March 2016

    Flow Guitar is specifically designed for this, and it shows you chord friendly notes to pay on the fretboard.

    ChordBot and Tin Pan Rhythm can generate backing tracks with any chord sequence and tempo.

  • BiancaNeveBiancaNeve

    Is Flow Guitar still available to buy on the AppStore ?

  • GovernorSilverGovernorSilver

    @BiancaNeve said:
    Is Flow Guitar still available to buy on the AppStore ?

    Whoa, it really is gone from the US app store.

    I've been piecing together a solo fingerstyle version of a song of mine. I thought this app would help me write this solo fingerstyle version, but it turned out to be a chord sequencer w/ note display to show you notes you can use to play solos - very different purpose from what I had in mind.

    Back to the OP, I'd add iReal Pro to the list of suggested apps. It supports Jazz, Latin, and Pop genres, as well as sub-genres.

  • StormJH1StormJH1

    Interesting suggestions (I had not even heard of Flow Guitar, though now I see why).

    There are a few different ways to do this. One of the newer apps is Band Creator:

    http://appshopper.com/music/band-creator-lite-drum-machine-and-bass-accompaniment (lite)

    http://appshopper.com/music/band-creator-drum-machine-and-bass-accompaniment ($3.99 Full Version)

    I haven't used it a ton, but thought it was certainly worth a shot. It works similar to the Digitech Trio pedal - you train it with a simple chord phrase and it generates accompaniment parts on bass and drums! Oh, and the TRIO costs $180, whereas this is just a few bucks for the full version.

    Rock Drum Machine is great if you want to just pick up and play along with drums. Lots of presets, some editing capability, and the generated fills give it a very human feel.

    As mentioned above, if you want to get more specific about the tracks you play along with, you can find free MIDI files on the Web and then open them in an app like MIDI File Player (http://appshopper.com/music/midi-file-player), Roland Sound Canvas, Caustic, or many DAW's (I use MultiTrackStudio). MIDI information is supposed to have numeric triggers for the type of instrument being played, so if it's GM compatible, it's nearly plug-and-play to have a fully functional backing track.

    OH! And the new update to GarageBand that has the Automated Drummer is a lot of fun. You can use that to program drums, and then use SmartBass, loops, or whatever and have a backing track pretty quickly.

    I may just have to try out Tin Pan Rhythm - it always looked cool, but I hadn't thought about it for this purpose.

    There are a lot ways you can improvise this using inexpensive iOS apps, but I do feel that backing track apps and rock drum generators are an area that could be developed even further.

    Enjoy!

  • gkillmastergkillmaster

    thanks everyone!! much appreciated a lot! will be checking into these...

  • funjunkie27funjunkie27

    I like downloading guitar backing tracks from YouTube, using Beat Time. You can then take that into a few apps to slow it down.

  • mptrinmptrin

    I use Mobile Pod for quick guitar tones, it has an option to play tracks from your iTunes library to jam with. I've downloaded some nice backing tracks by Guthrie Govan. No slow down function that I'm aware of but as funjunkie27 stated, there are additional apps that can give you that feature.

  • MarcelMarcel

    I use a free youtube player (AutoTube, isn't in my countries appstore anymore) in which I made a map with backing tracks I like to play on. You can search for example for : backing track a minor, and of course add the word slow is possible :wink: . And if you have one you like, save it in your list.

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