Rock · Ab Minor · 94 BPM

Rock Backing Track in Ab Minor

12-bar arrangement from the “Classic Rock Groove” demo, transposed from A minor to Ab minor, at 94 BPM. Chord chart, scale positions and practice drills for Ab minor (also written G# Minor).

Open in the app · Ab · 94 BPM

Hear the rock feel: “Classic Rock Groove” · A minor · 94 BPM

This recording is the original “Classic Rock Groove” demo in A minor at 94 BPM. It is not transposed: it lets you hear the rock feel. The app generates your track in Ab minor.

12-bar chord chart in Ab Minor

12-bar arrangement from the “Classic Rock Groove” demo, transposed from A minor to Ab minor. Count four beats per bar; each card shows where the chord starts.

  1. Bar 1 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  2. Bar 2 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  3. Bar 3 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  4. Bar 4 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  5. Bar 5 Db5 IV5 · 4 beats
  6. Bar 6 Db5 IV5 · 4 beats
  7. Bar 7 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  8. Bar 8 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  9. Bar 9 Eb5 V5 · 4 beats
  10. Bar 10 Db5 IV5 · 4 beats
  11. Bar 11 Ab5 I5 · 4 beats
  12. Bar 12 Eb5 V5 · 4 beats

Chart of the bundled demo arrangement, transposed from A minor with every interval kept. The demo's inspiration prompt is a style reference, not a transcription of a song.

Open in the app: Rock, Ab, 94 BPM Open the original demo (A minor)

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.

More about “Classic Rock Groove”

Chord chart and notes for “Classic Rock Groove”, including the guided exercise “Make power-chord changes land together”.

I–V–vi–IV in Ab Minor

Minor-key rock loop. The bVII gives that Zeppelin / Sabbath modal lift.

I
Abm
bVII
Gb
bVI
Fb
bVII
Gb
Generate a backing track over these changes →

Scales to solo in Ab Minor

Three scales that sit well over rock in Ab minor. Each one gives the line a different color — try them all and notice what changes.

Scale
Ab Minor Pentatonic
Ab Cb Db Eb Gb
Scale
Ab Natural Minor
Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb
Scale
Ab Blues Scale
Ab Cb Db Ebb Eb Gb

Where to play in Ab Minor

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

Ab Minor Pentatonic
Stringfret 3fret 4fret 5fret 6fret 7
e Ab Cb
B Eb Gb
G Cb Db
D Gb Ab
A Db Eb
E Ab Cb
Notes: Ab Cb Db Eb Gb. Root on the 6th string at fret 4, on the 5th string at fret 11.
Ab Natural Minor
Stringfret 3fret 4fret 5fret 6fret 7
e Ab Bb Cb
B Eb Fb Gb
G Bb Cb Db
D Gb Ab
A Db Eb Fb
E Ab Bb Cb
Notes: Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb. Root on the 6th string at fret 4, on the 5th string at fret 11.

Practice drills

  1. 1. Find the changes in Ab Minor

    Play only the root on the first beat of each change: Ab (bars 1–4, Ab5), Db (bars 5–6, Db5), Ab (bars 7–8, Ab5), Eb (bar 9, Eb5), Db (bar 10, Db5), Ab (bar 11, Ab5), Eb (bar 12, Eb5). Keep counting through every bar that holds the same chord; the form resolves back to Ab.

  2. 2. Target the guide tones

    These are power chords, so there is no third to target. Alternate root and fifth on each change: Ab–Eb over Ab5, Db–Ab over Db5, Eb–Bb over Eb5.

  3. 3. Ab Minor Pentatonic in position

    Play Ab Minor Pentatonic (Ab Cb Db Eb Gb) up and down in frets 3–7, one note per beat at 94 BPM. Start and finish on Ab: 6th string fret 4, or 5th string fret 11 for the next position up.

Guide tones for every chord in the chart
ChordRoot3rd7th / 6th
Ab5Ab——
Db5Db——
Eb5Eb——

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Chord chart, scale positions and practice drills in the keys rock is most often played in.

E Major A Major D Major G Major C Major E Minor A Minor B Minor
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