BackingBand: Jam Tracks

Your practice band, on tap: now on iPad in any orientation, and in Simplified Chinese. Pick a chart, hit play, and a full rhythm section follows you.

Your own band, ready to play whatever you're working on.

BackingBand turns a chord chart into a real-sounding rhythm section: drums, bass, keys and guitar that actually groove. Pick a chart, press play, and practice with a band behind you instead of a metronome.

WHAT YOU CAN DO • Start from a curated library of ready-to-play tunes, or build your own: enter the chords, arrange your sections (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, outro), and the band plays them back. • Import charts from iReal Pro: paste a link and the band plays it in a matching style. • Pick from 37 styles: swing, bebop, modal jazz, bossa nova, samba, shuffle and slow blues, classic and hard rock, funk, disco, neo-soul, reggae, ska, K-pop, second line, Afro 12/8 and more. Switch styles anytime and the whole band re-arranges. • Make it yours: set the tempo and key, reshape the groove section by section, and balance, mute, solo or swap instruments in the mixer. • Practice with purpose: loop any passage with A-B repeat, count yourself in, and follow the chart as it scrolls with the music.

A BAND THAT BREATHES, NOT A STIFF LOOP Real intros and endings, fills between sections, and a rhythm section that lifts behind your solo instead of repeating the same bar. Whether you're shedding ii-V-I changes, grinding the 12-bar blues or running a pop tune, the backing feels like players in a room.

READS LIKE A REAL LEAD SHEET Clean chord symbols in jazz shorthand or spelled out, Roman numerals under every chord, colors by chord quality, and 2 or 4 bars per row. On iPad the chart grows with the screen, in portrait or landscape, and works in Split View and Stage Manager.

GENRES Jazz · Blues · Pop · Rock · Funk · Soul/R&B · Latin · Reggae

FOR EVERY PLAYER Guitarists, pianists, horn and reed players, bassists, singers, students and teachers: anyone who learns faster with a band behind them. Available in English and Simplified Chinese.

FREE TO START, PRO ONCE Start free and save up to 5 charts. BackingBand Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: • Save unlimited charts • Play any chart in all 12 keys • The full chord palette: every 7th, sus and color chord • Every time signature: 3/4, 6/8, 5/4, 7/8

PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your charts stay on your device, and the band keeps playing in the background.

Download BackingBand and never practice to silence again.