dysthymiaQu - Jazz BASS Backing Track - Medium Swing 2-5-1 (Am)Bass Week - Day 5! Here's a bass-less jazz practice backing track, based on the classic minor 2-5-1 progression - in the key of A Minor. Perfect for beginners, fun and easy to play on. Please SHARE if you enjoy it! More Bass Jam Tracks here: http://goo.gl/mnz6oY Chord progression: II: Bmin7b5 I E7 I Amin7 I Amin7 :II On the track, you will hear extensions of these chords - as is common in jazz of course :) Scale suggestions: A minor scale - A B C D E F G (A) (Bmin7b5 chords and Amin7 chords)A harmonic minor scale - A B C D E F G# (A) (E7 chords) Basic arpeggios: Bmin7b5 arpeggio = B D F AE7 arpeggio = E G# B DAm7 arpeggio = A C E GNext up, try out some more advanced colours on the dominant chord (E7) by treating it as an altered chord and using the altered scale:E altered scale - E F G Ab Bb C D (E)The altered scale is the mode which starts on the 7th step of the melodic minor scale, so in other words - the notes of E altered scale are the same as those of F melodic minor scale :) Enjoy!Quist http://www.quistorama.com