Student Area | Bandwagon Music Studios

What a great way to learn a song !!

By the clever use of computer software any part of a song can be cut out of the full song, and turned into an individual file. This process is a little time consuming for the teachers but is definitely worth the effort as students really learn the songs quicker and better. It seems we are the only teaching studio that does this.

These individual files can then be slowed down to your pace, and looped so you can practice the part over and over. As you get better you can speed the part up until you reach the full speed.

Play the individual files in Wavelab - Use the loop function so the pieces will repeat forever. Slow them down to your skill level. This way you can have an endless practice at the speed you can keep up with.

These are some examples of the files we use during lessons. There are currently over 350 such files we use. We chose these files because they are small enough to be downloaded easily. The files are in WAV format so they loop perfectly in Wavelab. MP3's are smaller but don't open correctly in Wavelab.

alex lloyd - green - chorus (1544 KB)

alex lloyd - green - pre chorus (2332 KB)

ben harper - diamonds on the inside - chorus (1066 KB)

blink 182 - damn it - intro (762 KB)

deep purple - smoke on the water - intro (1461 KB)

don mclean - american pie - chorus (3318 KB)

eric clapton - sunshine of your love - main riff for d only (725 KB)

greenday - when i come around (trans) - intro (819 KB)

hunters and collectors - holy grail - main chord riff (1638 KB)

incubus - drive - intro (914 KB)

john cougar mellencamp - jack and diane - interlude (1596 KB)

john cougar mellencamp - jack and diane - intro (1590 KB)

john cougar mellencamp - jack and diane - verse (1590 KB)

lynyrd skynyrd - sweet home alabama - g shape fills (1704 KB)

lynyrd skynyrd - sweet home alabama - g shape fills - d chord only (222 KB)

lynyrd skynyrd - sweet home alabama - intro riff with fill 1 (836 KB)

lynyrd skynyrd - sweet home alabama - solo 1 (2561 KB)

pete murray - feeler - intro (1692 KB)

pete murray - so beautiful - intro (1988 KB)

pink floyd - wish you were here - solo - lick 1 (1545 KB)

pink floyd - wish you were here - solo - lick 2 (1544 KB)

pink floyd - wish you were here - solo - lick 3 (1532 KB)

pink floyd - wish you were here - solo - lick 4 (1528 KB)

red hot chili peppers - californicaion - intro riff (864 KB)

roy orbison - pretty woman - main riff (638 KB)

santana - smooth - intro (3214 KB)

tone loc - funky cold medina - main intro (2809 KB)

van morrison - brown eyed girl - intro (1130 KB)

violent femmes - blister in the sun - intro (837 KB)

This will include the key, pentatonic scale to use, as well as the mode to use. The highlighted files are not available on the web site. They are too large and would be annoying to download. The maximum size on the website is 3MB. The standard size for an MP3. The larger files are available on CD if you would like them.

Save these files (right click and save target as). Play them in Wavelab using the loop function. This way you'll have an endless backing to jam to.

30 Seconds to Mars - This is War (126 KB)

30 Seconds to Mars - This is War (capo) (0 KB)

ACDC - Back In Black (163 KB)

ACDC - Dirty Deeds (81 KB)

ACDC - Highway to Hell (86 KB)

ACDC - Let There Be Rock (136 KB)

ACDC - You Shook Me All Night Long (105 KB)

Afroman - Because I Got High (77 KB)

Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California (94 KB)

Alex Lloyd - Amazing (112 KB)

America - Horse with no name (109 KB)