Left right sound channels

Is there any way to get iTunes to play only from the left or right stereo channel. I've bought some musical play-along CDs which have the melody on the left and the background on the right. If I play only on the right I can practice soloing over the background sound.
Thanks

Not any sophisticated way.  If you use external speakers you could disconnect the one you don't want.  Otherwise you may have to open the audio in an editor such as Audacity or Amadeus Pro and  fiddle with it there.
One other thing occurred to me. Check out Amazing SlowDownerX. It's geared towards playing along with songs so maybe it does that too.

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