60 BPM · A Major

Slow Blues Backing Track

The 12-bar “Stormy Monday Vibe” arrangement in A major, slowed from 68 to 60 BPM. Bar timings, a tempo ladder and drills for practicing at slow tempos.

Open in the app · A · 60 BPM

Hear the blues feel: “Stormy Monday Vibe” · A major · 68 BPM

This is the recording of the arrangement charted above, at its original 68 BPM. Use the tempo ladder to open it slower in the app.

12-bar chord chart in A Major

12-bar “Stormy Monday Vibe” arrangement in A major. Count four beats per bar; each card shows where the chord starts, and when it arrives at 60 BPM.

  1. Bar 1 · 0:00 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  2. Bar 2 · 0:04 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  3. Bar 3 · 0:08 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  4. Bar 4 · 0:12 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  5. Bar 5 · 0:16 D9 IV9 · 4 beats
  6. Bar 6 · 0:20 D9 IV9 · 4 beats
  7. Bar 7 · 0:24 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  8. Bar 8 · 0:28 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  9. Bar 9 · 0:32 E9 V9 · 4 beats
  10. Bar 10 · 0:36 D9 IV9 · 4 beats
  11. Bar 11 · 0:40 A7 I7 · 4 beats
  12. Bar 12 · 0:44 E9 V9 · 4 beats

Chart of the bundled demo arrangement. The demo's inspiration prompt is a style reference, not a transcription of a song.

Open in the app: Blues, A, 60 BPM Open the original demo (A major)

The app opens with the style, key, tempo and this chart filled in; press Generate to create your track (it counts toward your daily generations). The original demo opens the recorded arrangement without a generation.

Tempo ladder

Start at the slowest tempo you can play cleanly, then move up one rung per session.

TempoBeatBarFull formOpen
50 BPM 1.2 s 4.8 s 0:58 Open at 50 BPM
60 BPM 1 s 4 s 0:48 Open at 60 BPM
68 BPM (recorded) 0.88 s 3.53 s 0:42 Open at 68 BPM
70 BPM 0.86 s 3.43 s 0:41 Open at 70 BPM

More about “Stormy Monday Vibe”

Chord chart and notes for “Stormy Monday Vibe”, including the guided exercise “Leave space in the slow shuffle”.

Where to play in A Major

Five-fret windows in standard tuning, anchored on A on the low E string. Highlighted notes are the root.

A Major Pentatonic
Stringfret 4fret 5fret 6fret 7fret 8
e A B
B E F#
G B C#
D F# A
A C# E
E A B
Notes: A B C# E F#. Root on the 6th string at fret 5, on the 5th string at fret 0.
A Blues Scale
Stringfret 4fret 5fret 6fret 7fret 8
e A C
B Eb E G
G C D Eb
D G A
A D Eb E
E A C
Notes: A C D Eb E G. Root on the 6th string at fret 5, on the 5th string at fret 0.

Practice drills

  1. 1. Count the form at 60 BPM

    At 60 BPM one beat lasts 1 s, one bar 4 s, and the 12-bar form 0:48. Count aloud through one full chorus before you play.

    Play only the root on the first beat of each change: A (bars 1–4, A7), D (bars 5–6, D9), A (bars 7–8, A7), E (bar 9, E9), D (bar 10, D9), A (bar 11, A7), E (bar 12, E9). Keep counting through every bar that holds the same chord; the form resolves back to A.

  2. 2. Subdivide the shuffle

    This groove swings, so the beat divides into three. Play A in triplets: at 60 BPM that is 3 notes per second. Then keep only the first and third note of each triplet to hear the shuffle.

    Play A Major Pentatonic (A B C# E F#) up and down in frets 4–8, one note per beat at 60 BPM. Start and finish on A: 6th string fret 5, or 5th string fret 0 for the next position up.

  3. 3. Sustain and resolve

    Hold C#, the third of A7, for a whole bar (4 s) with slow, even vibrato. When the chord changes, move to the nearest chord tone of the new chord.

Guide tones for every chord in the chart
ChordRoot3rd7th / 6th
A7AC#G (b7)
D9DF#C (b7)
E9EG#D (b7)

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