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  • 23-03-2015 1:26pm
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    Gooners
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    Hi, my son is doing music for Junior Cert and he has a practical to do. he tells me he needs backing tracks. Anyone know if I can get them online or from iTunes instead of going looking from them locally or am I better to do that?


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    mirrorwall14
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    Gooners wrote: »
    Hi, my son is doing music for Junior Cert and he has a practical to do. he tells me he needs backing tracks. Anyone know if I can get them online or from iTunes instead of going looking from them locally or am I better to do that?

    Backing tracks are way easier to source online (I'm a secondary school music teacher). Can you give more info on what type of tracks he's after?


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    Gooners
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    mirrorwall14 wrote: »
    Backing tracks are way easier to source online (I'm a secondary school music teacher). Can you give more info on what type of tracks he's after?

    Hi Thank you so much for your reply. He is doing 2 popular songs so I suppose it will be easy enough get tracks. Would he be better to do songs not popular?


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    spurious
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    Gooners wrote: »
    Hi Thank you so much for your reply. He is doing 2 popular songs so I suppose it will be easy enough get tracks. Would he be better to do songs not popular?

    It's the Junior Cert.. He should pick things he can play competently. Ideally showing different styles, but don't worry. No-one is looking for Mozart.


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    mirrorwall14
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    As spurious said the performance is the key, so long as he is comfortable and can perform them well that's fine. Tracks are widely available via iTunes in the original key. If he needs them transposed a little then karaoke-version.com is a good option. If they need to be transposed a lot then he would need an accompanist and a different piece may be easier. It's important to be very very comfortable with the backing track, hence my preference for karaoke version because you can also get the guide vocals track to practise with. Some itunes albums have them, others don't. It's a good option ifs available


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    Gooners
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    mirrorwall14 wrote: »
    As spurious said the performance is the key, so long as he is comfortable and can perform them well that's fine. Tracks are widely available via iTunes in the original key. If he needs them transposed a little then karaoke-version.com is a good option. If they need to be transposed a lot then he would need an accompanist and a different piece may be easier. It's important to be very very comfortable with the backing track, hence my preference for karaoke version because you can also get the guide vocals track to practise with. Some itunes albums have them, others don't. It's a good option ifs available

    sorry to be a pain but I don't understand transposed


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    mirrorwall14
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    Gooners wrote: »
    sorry to be a pain but I don't understand transposed

    You aren't! It just means moving the pitch. He might need to if he finds it too low or too high to sing. He needs to be comfortable at all parts of the song and not be straining


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    Gooners
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    mirrorwall14 wrote: »
    You aren't! It just means moving the pitch. He might need to if he finds it too low or too high to sing. He needs to be comfortable at all parts of the song and not be straining

    Ok thanks. Is the song at all important or just the technique?


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