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QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks
Pentatonic Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar

Category: Playalong Instrument: Any Subjects(s): Scales • Quickstart • Playalong

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QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks

The QuickStart Pentatonic Play-along Tracks from the QuickStart Chord Progressions for Lead Guitar. These tracks are suitable for any instruments.

The Pentatonic scale, also known as the Major Pentatonic and can be thought of, as a sub set of the Ionian / Major or Mixolydian / Dominant scale.

Tracks

These play-along tracks, in the key of A are suitable for ANY instrument.

QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks…

QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 1 - Country Shuffle — Premium Play-along Track

Premium Play-along Tracks are only available to Premium members and Active/Private Students.

Here is a Demo of Desafinado to get an idea of the quality of these custom play-along tracks.

Play-along Demo: Desafinado

DesafinadoPremium Play-along Track with Guitar Melody Played


I, (Curt) originally created these tracks to perform over for gigs and this was a demo for booking gigs.

These Premium Play-along Tracks are available to LearningUkulele.com Site Members and are my personal one-of-kind tracks I (Curt) and Chuck Anderson recorded and arranged.

QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 2 - Easy Rock — Premium Play-along Track

Premium Play-along Tracks are only available to Premium members and Active/Private Students.

Here is a Demo of Desafinado to get an idea of the quality of these custom play-along tracks.

Play-along Demo: Desafinado

DesafinadoPremium Play-along Track with Guitar Melody Played


I, (Curt) originally created these tracks to perform over for gigs and this was a demo for booking gigs.

These Premium Play-along Tracks are available to LearningUkulele.com Site Members and are my personal one-of-kind tracks I (Curt) and Chuck Anderson recorded and arranged.

QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 3 - Country Rock — Premium Play-along Track

Premium Play-along Tracks are only available to Premium members and Active/Private Students.

Here is a Demo of Desafinado to get an idea of the quality of these custom play-along tracks.

Play-along Demo: Desafinado

DesafinadoPremium Play-along Track with Guitar Melody Played


I, (Curt) originally created these tracks to perform over for gigs and this was a demo for booking gigs.

These Premium Play-along Tracks are available to LearningUkulele.com Site Members and are my personal one-of-kind tracks I (Curt) and Chuck Anderson recorded and arranged.

QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 4 - Double Time Ballad — Premium Play-along Track

Premium Play-along Tracks are only available to Premium members and Active/Private Students.

Here is a Demo of Desafinado to get an idea of the quality of these custom play-along tracks.

Play-along Demo: Desafinado

DesafinadoPremium Play-along Track with Guitar Melody Played


I, (Curt) originally created these tracks to perform over for gigs and this was a demo for booking gigs.

These Premium Play-along Tracks are available to LearningUkulele.com Site Members and are my personal one-of-kind tracks I (Curt) and Chuck Anderson recorded and arranged.

Main Song Download(s)
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QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 1 - Country Shuffle

Country Shuffle play-along track for exploring the Mixolydian scale from the QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Series of books.

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QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 2 - Easy Rock

Easy Rock play-along track for exploring the Pentatonic scale from the QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Series of books.

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QuickStart Progressions Pentatonic Track 3 - Country Rock

Country Rock play-along track for exploring the Pentatonic scale from the QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Series of books.

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Related Lesson Series
Related Lessons Series for QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks.
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QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Fingering Series are a concise, well-organized series of books and lessons ideal for any ukulele, guitar or fretted string player beginning to explore scales and arpeggios. Unlike so many other instruction books on the market, QuickStart Scale and Arpeggio Fingering Series keeps a sharp focus on the six critical scales, their fingerings and their related chords. All material is covered in every key.

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Related Books & Charts
Related Books for QuickStart Pentatonic Playalong Tracks.
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A Selection of Books & Reference Charts that are recommended for creating a solid foundation with your chosen instrument and music in general.
These are books & reference charts that apply to a majority of all lessons on LearningUkulele.com / Learning Ukulele with Curt.
Learning the Ukulele Fingerboard – C Tuning

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Checkout the Books for additional Handy, Dandy Reference Charts.

Reference Charts
Ukulele Fingerboard Chart for C Tuning, Low or High G - G C E A

Ukulele Fingerboard Chart for C Tuning, Low or High G – G C E A

Ukulele Fingerboard Chart for G Tuning, Low or High A – D G B E

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Circle of Fourths and Fifths – ANSI A & A4 sizes

A handy reference chart of all 15 major and relative minor key signatures. US Letter 8.5 x 11 sized (ANSI-A), A4

Checkout the Books for additional Handy, Dandy Reference Charts.

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