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Here is the Old time Jam site, if you did not know it yet. You can jam along with some old time tunes backing tracks.
http://www.oldtimejam.com/Jam.html

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If you play other instruments, you could use multitrack recording and work up one or more parts of accompaniment and mix that down to make a backing track.
Or you can also use software (like a plug-in in Audacity) to "zap" (remove) the vocals from most popular modern recordings to get a backing track to practice with.
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Hi Dianne
I haven't heard from you for so long, I was beginning to think that you weren't speaking to me any more
I've recently noticed you mention the ABC music notation. I've never heard of it before but it sounds interesting. I'll have to some research. Anything that makes it easier has got to be good.
Thanks
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Some playing against backing tracks can help a lot with tightening up your playing. In some ways, it accomplishes a lot of what practising against drones and a metronome does. It gives a steady standard to work on your intonation and timing against.
It's also just more fun than playing with no accompaniment.
"This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in 5 or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development." ~ Itzhak Perlman

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DanielB said
Some playing against backing tracks can help a lot with tightening up your playing. In some ways, it accomplishes a lot of what practising against drones and a metronome does. It gives a steady standard to work on your intonation and timing against.It's also just more fun than playing with no accompaniment.
Well said, Daniel.

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You can also use a program called Band in the box, kinda expensive but the real tracks are awesome. Makes you feel like your playing with a real band. Of course it depends on what styles you are looking for ... if you have a few tunes you'd like backup tracks for, send me the chord sheet and I'll export a couple for ya.
Here's a link to some of the realtrack demos:
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