66 BPM · Eb Minor

Slow Soul / R&B Backing Track

The 8-bar “Neo-Soul Vibe” arrangement in Eb minor, slowed from 88 to 66 BPM. Bar timings, a tempo ladder and drills for practicing at slow tempos.

Open in the app · Eb · 66 BPM

Hear the soul / r&b feel: “Neo-Soul Vibe” · Eb minor · 88 BPM

This is the recording of the arrangement charted above, at its original 88 BPM. Use the tempo ladder to open it slower in the app.

8-bar chord chart in Eb Minor

8-bar “Neo-Soul Vibe” arrangement in Eb minor. Count four beats per bar; each card shows where the chord starts, and when it arrives at 66 BPM.

  1. Bar 1 · 0:00 Ebm9 i9 · 8 beats
  2. Bar 3 · 0:07 Ab13 IV13 · 4 beats
  3. Bar 4 · 0:11 Bbm7 v7 · 4 beats
  4. Bar 5 · 0:15 Dbmaj7 bVIImaj7 · 4 beats
  5. Bar 6 · 0:18 Ab13 IV13 · 4 beats
  6. Bar 7 · 0:22 Ebm9 i9 · 4 beats
  7. Bar 8 · 0:25 Bb7#9 V7#9 · 4 beats

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

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
60 BPM 1 s 4 s 0:32 Open at 60 BPM
66 BPM 0.91 s 3.64 s 0:29 Open at 66 BPM
76 BPM 0.79 s 3.16 s 0:25 Open at 76 BPM
88 BPM (recorded) 0.68 s 2.73 s 0:22 Open at 88 BPM

More about “Neo-Soul Vibe”

Chord chart and notes for “Neo-Soul Vibe”.

Where to play in Eb Minor

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

Eb Minor Pentatonic
Stringfret 10fret 11fret 12fret 13fret 14
e Eb Gb
B Bb Db
G Gb Ab
D Db Eb
A Ab Bb
E Eb Gb
Notes: Eb Gb Ab Bb Db. Root on the 6th string at fret 11, on the 5th string at fret 6.
Eb Dorian
Stringfret 10fret 11fret 12fret 13fret 14
e Eb F Gb
B Bb C Db
G F Gb Ab
D C Db Eb
A Ab Bb
E Eb F Gb
Notes: Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db. Root on the 6th string at fret 11, on the 5th string at fret 6.

Practice drills

  1. 1. Count the form at 66 BPM

    At 66 BPM one beat lasts 0.91 s, one bar 3.64 s, and the 8-bar form 0:29. Count aloud through one full chorus before you play.

    Play only the root on the first beat of each change: Eb (bars 1–2, Ebm9), Ab (bar 3, Ab13), Bb (bar 4, Bbm7), Db (bar 5, Dbmaj7), Ab (bar 6, Ab13), Eb (bar 7, Ebm9), Bb (bar 8, Bb7#9). Keep counting through every bar that holds the same chord; the form resolves back to Eb.

  2. 2. Subdivide the shuffle

    This groove swings, so the beat divides into three. Play Eb in triplets: at 66 BPM that is 3.3 notes per second. Then keep only the first and third note of each triplet to hear the shuffle.

    Play Eb Minor Pentatonic (Eb Gb Ab Bb Db) up and down in frets 10–14, one note per beat at 66 BPM. Start and finish on Eb: 6th string fret 11, or 5th string fret 6 for the next position up.

  3. 3. Sustain and resolve

    Hold Gb, the third of Ebm9, for a whole bar (3.64 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
Ebm9EbGbDb (b7)
Ab13AbCGb (b7)
Bbm7BbDbAb (b7)
Dbmaj7DbFC (7)
Bb7#9BbDAb (b7)

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