What is Backing Track?
Also called: playback, minus one
A backing track is a recording of the accompaniment for a song, played while a singer or musician performs live on top. It can be a full instrumental or just the parts the live players are not covering.
Solo artists use backing tracks to perform with a full band sound. Bands use them for extra parts such as synths, strings or backing vocals, usually synced to a click track the drummer hears in their ears.
For practice, a backing track without your own instrument, sometimes called a minus one track, lets you play along with the rest of the band. AI separation can create one from a recording by removing a single part.
Make sure the key and tempo suit the performance; pitch shifting and time stretching can adjust both.
Put it to work
Turn any song into a backing track with the vocals removed.
Make a Karaoke Track