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Volume 2

SD media Copy eTracks to an SD card, and then insert the card into

eBands SD card slot.

Once youve completed one of the above procedures, press eBands

SONG LIST button, select the desired eTrack, press PLAY, and start

jamming!

eTracks Tips

Adjust the tempo with the SPEED control eBand makes it easy to

change the tempo of a song without changing its pitch. Just push

the SPEED button and use the dial to set the desired tempo.

Loop sections that you want to practice eBands AB REPEAT function

allows you to loop song sections over and over. This is cool for

working out tough musical passages. It also works great for playing

eTracks featured lick examples.

Use the effects suggestions as a starting point The description

for each eTrack contains a suggested effects patch for jamming.

However, feel free to try out different patches as you like. Also, dontforget about eBands powerful effects editing features; they allow

you to tweak any sound precisely to your taste.

Record yourself as you jam eBands easy-to-use recording feature

lets you to record your playing as you rock out. This is a great way to

check your progress as you practice.

More Info

To learn more about playing and importing songs and using the other

eBand features mentioned here, refer to your eBand Owners Manual.

About eTracks Volume 2

The eTracks in Volume 2 were created by Paul

Hanson, BOSS specialist and author of the best-

selling instructional book Shred Guitar (published

by Alfred). On the following pages, youll find info

about the eTracks in Volume 2, along with some tips

from Paul.Paul Hanson

About eTracks

Thanks for downloading eTracks Volume 2 for eBand!

eTracks are free backing tracks for use with the eBand JS-8 Audio Player

with Guitar Effects. Created by our staff of shredders here at BOSS,

eTracks allow you to grow your library of eBand jam tracks so you can

continually challenge your skills and keep your chops fresh.

Each eTrack features

two WAV backing tracks one with full-band accompaniment, and

another with bass and drums only.

documentation with the eTracks original tempo and key, a music

description, and suggested scales and guitar tones for jamming.

a featured lick with tablature.

an MP3 example of the featured lick played over the backing

track.

Playing eTracks in eBand

There are three different ways you can get eTracks from your computer

to eBand:

The JS-8 Song List Editor Connect eBand to your computer via USB

and import eTracks into eBands onboard memory using the JS-8

Song List Editor software (included with eBand).

A USB flash drive Copy eTracks to a USB flash drive, and then

connect the flash drive to eBands USB Memory port.

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eTrack Volume 2, Number 1

File Names

eTrack 2-1 (Key-Dm_BPM-156).wav Backing track with full-band accompaniment.

eTrack 2-1 Bs&Dr (Key-Dm_BPM-156).wav The same backing, but with bass and drums only.

eTrack 2-1 Lick.mp3 The backing track with Paul playing the featured lick.

Original Key

D Minor

Original Tempo

Quarter note = 156 BPM

Suggested Scales

D Minor, D Dorian, D Minor Pentatonic, D Blues

Pauls Notes

This is a metal-style track that is really open sounding; in other words, theres not much harmony, so youre free to experiment with different scale

choices. In addition to the scales I listed above, I also had good luck with the D Phrygian Dominant scaleG Harmonic Minor centered around Dfor

a more scary/exotic tone.

I chose a tempo of 156 because I like doing 16th-note sweep picking and alternate picking licks at this speed. For vibrato practice, vibrate eighth notes

and quarter-note triplets to build control.

The featured lick uses brisk alternate picking along with hammer-ons and pull-offs. Its built out of the D Blues scale, but I added the Major 6 so that I

could keep the same fingering across the top three strings. I love eBands P035 STACK LEAD patch here.

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File Names

eTrack 2-2 (Key-A_BPM-84).wav Backing track with full-band accompaniment.

eTrack 2-2 Bs&Dr (Key-A_BPM-84).wav The same backing, but with bass and drums only.


Original Key

A Major

Original Tempo


Suggested Scales

A Major and A Major Pentatonic

Pauls Notes

Most rock guys master minor sounds and leave the major sounds for country guys, but the major scale is really cool in rock, too. Heres a simple track

that you can use to practice those major scales.

For tones, try P001 BLUESY CRUNCH, or maybe P041 JB LEAD if you like a more distorted vibe (this is one of my favorites). Dont forget that you can use

the Tone Grid to adjust a patchs sound to suit your style and then save your changes as a user patch.

I begin the featured lick in 12th position (with the first finger at the 12th fret) and use some sweep picking for crossing strings. At the start, I think of it as

an A Major 7 arpeggio with some 9th and 11th scale tones added, then it becomes a more traditional scale with ascending hammer-ons and descending

pull-offs.

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eTrack Volume 2, Number 2: Featured Lick

S

1612 14

T

AB

14

13 16 13 1614

12 16 12 16

T

A

B

14

17 16 14

1714

15 17 1516

1418

vibrato

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File Names

eTrack 2-3 (Key-B Flat_BPM-145).wav Backing track with full-band accompaniment.

eTrack 2-3 Bs&Dr (Key-B Flat_BPM-145).wav The same backing, but with bass and drums only.


Original Key

B Major

Original Tempo


Suggested Scales

B Major and B Minor Pentatonic, B Blues, B Dorian, B Mixolydian

Pauls Notes

For this eTrack, we go back to the roots of rock for jamming. This is a traditional 12-bar I-IV-V progression. I put it in B flat because Chuck Berry recorded

the original version of the classic guitar song Johnny B. Goode in B flat.

Heres a little bit of trivia: I was Michael J. Foxs guitar coach during the filming of Back to the Future, and we put the hands of Marty McFly (Michaels

character in the film) in the key of B because we thought it would look more realistica guitarist in the 80s would rarely play in B flat.

Most guys use the blues scale here, but you can try a lot of different scales or follow the chords with arpeggios. I really think this is one a rock guitarist

should masterI guarantee youll end up jamming this sometime, somewhere.

For tone, I like P003 AMERICAN LEGEND. The featured lick uses a bunch of classic bends in the early rock style as well as double stops (two notes played

simultaneously).

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T

AB

66

66

66

66

66

669

Full6

6

S S

9

Full6

6 89 6

6 88

1/2 1/2

66

T

A

B

66

8

88

66

88

vibrato

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File Names

eTrack 2-4 (Key-Em_BPM-99).wav Backing track with full-band accompaniment.

eTrack 2-4 Bs&Dr (Key-Em_BPM-99).wav The same backing, but with bass and drums only.


Original Key

E Minor

Original Tempo


Suggested Scales

E Minor Pentatonic, E Blues, E Minor, E Dorian

Pauls Notes

I was thinking classic rock here, so pentatonic and blues scales will slay it. However, in the featured lick I went natural minor and based it on one of the

licks in eTracks Volume 1. Its an ascending picking sequence that uses outside string crosses.

Paul Gilbert made this concept of outside string crossing popular; it simply means that when you cross from one string to another with alternate picking,

you always pick from the outside of the string pair. For example, when you pick down on the B string and then up on the high E, thats an outside cross.

When you reverse this motion by picking up on the B and then down on the high E, thats an inside cross.

The outside cross feels the most natural for most of us. Ive informally asked hundreds of guitarists at GIT about this, and something like one out of every

eight players finds it easier to do the inside cross. If youre one of those players, this lick will be hard.

I like using eBands P035 STACK LEAD patch to jam along with this eTrack, but I call up the sounds Tone Grid and tweak it for a little more gain.

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T

AB

14

T

A

B12

T

A

B

16 17

14

17 16

4X

14 16 17

14 16 17 19

cont. alternate picking

14 1512 14 15 12 14 15

1215 1 4 12 14 15

12 14 16 12 14

1612

16 14 12 14 1612 14 16 17 16

cont. alternate picking

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