Backing Track: US indie rock

By Simon Bradley
published

The piece is inspired by the great US band Live and is based around the key of B minor with some simple chord inversions thrown in for good measure

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The piece is inspired by the great US band Live and is based around the key of B minor with some simple chord inversions thrown in for good measure. The metal section towards the end is in the key of E

Here's a backing track from the demo of the Fret-King Elan 60 that first featured on the GIT328 Guitarist CD.

We used a Orange Hard Wired Tiny Terror for all amp tones.

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Simon Bradley

Simon Bradley is a guitar and especially rock guitar expert who worked for Guitarist magazine and has in the past contributed to world-leading music and guitar titles like MusicRadar (obviously), Guitarist, Guitar World and Louder. What he doesn't know about Brian May's playing and, especially, the Red Special, isn't worth knowing.