Key of F Practice Tracks
This page is for Practice Tracks with a Tonal Center of F. There are three sections below: first for Major, the second for Minor, and a third for Blues-based tracks which are flexible enough to use either or both. Above each video are the vital statistics for the track - what you need to know in order to play along with/over it. For tips and ideas for using these, please see the general introductory page /practice-tracks.
Practice Tracks in F Major
Title & Comments: Tanpura. This is a melodic Tonal Center used in Carnatic music. In western terms it uses the Root and the 5th of a Key (aka. tonal center). Is it Major? Is it Minor? Neither! which means we can practice using either one. Cool huh?
Author: Delhite gurdeep
Meter & Tempo: n/a (there is a Carnatic rhythm structure here, but it does not translate to a simple time signature. Just play along!)
Key: F any
Scales, Pitch vocabulary: any F major or minor. Or simply the open strings of the guitar or uke.
Chord: F any
Title & Comments: Who style. Yeah, it's Baba O'Riley.
Author: The Who. Video by Masanori Utsumi Guitar Backing Track.
Meter & Tempo: 4/4 about 115bpm
Key: F Major
Scales, Pitch vocabulary: F major. F pentatonic major.
Chords: F Bb C Eb
Title & Comments: A simple little bit with a nice strum. The chord changes and rhythm are very similar to Baba O'Riley, above.
Author: Tom Bailey
Meter & Tempo: 4/4 about 102bpm
Key: F Major
Scales, Pitch vocabulary: F major. F pentatonic major.
Chords: F Bb C (at about 2:14 it has a bridge that uses Gm and Dm)
Title & Comments: Doo Wop changes
Author: Music Art.
Meter & Tempo: 4/4 about 80bpm
Key: F Major
Scales, Pitch vocabulary: F major. F pentatonic major.
Chords: F Bb C Dm
Title & Comments: Slow ballad.
Author: TCDG
Meter & Tempo: 4/4 about 80bpm
Key: F Major
Scales, Pitch vocabulary: F major. F pentatonic major.
Chords: F Am Bb C Dm