Victor plays "Wave" (A.C. Jobim)

[luthy38]

Fantástico!!!! Amei!!!



[JoseClaudioGon]

Ola Victor

Sou Brasileiro e apaixonado pelas composições do Tom Jobin.

Sua versão para "Wave" é uma das mais bonitas que ouvi. Parabens voce é um guitarrista maravilhoso.

Abraço

[Jazzguts]

@JoseClaudioGon Thank you,I know Spanish not Portuguese but I understand your comment, thank you very much,greetings Vic.

[jt290476]

Assolutamente geniale.Complimenti.Saluti dalla Sicilia!!

[Jazzguts]

@jt290476 Thank you very much, greetings Vic.

[srjosedelgados]

vary nice Victor....wonderfull

[Jazzguts]

@srjosedelgados Thanks,keep playing,saludos Vic.

[gabriel19551]

Any chance you could send me the tabs and chords to this song? One of my all time favorite songs and I still can't figure it out on my guitar. Your help would be appreaciated. Great playing.

[Jazzguts]

@gabriel19551 Thanks, I'm sorry I did this one totally by ear listening to Jobim's version, I've done many tabs on finger style tunes but I think I'm going to stop it because nobodies willing to pay a fee for all my extra work,cheers Vic.

[YaaaarrghAh]

@gabriel19551

Try to find a chord sheet to it, and then use the chord notes or scales that go along with those chords to figure out the melody.

[3584817]

Very nice! I ran with the accompanying percussions and succeeded well

regards Giovanni

[Jazzguts]

@3584817 Glad you run with my Music that's great,all the best,vic.

[Dvareckas]

Vic,

very nice!! beautiful,!!!you have a lot of talent

[nyc828]

You sound terrific!! What guitar are you using? It looks like an Ibanez AK series!

[Jazzguts]

@nyc828 Thanks,it's an Ibanez Gb20 taken out of production so you'll have to look for something different, that's the way it goes.Vic.

[Dvareckas]

@Jazzguts very nice!! beautiful,!!!you have a lot of talent

[josedinizpontes4]

como faço para conseguir tablaturas das musicas do jazzguts?

[MrJimdeb]

Great playing...nice use of chords. I like this one a lot. You have a great song list.

[Jazzguts]

@MrJimdeb Thanks, I like doing many types of Music but Jazz,Blues and finger style are my favorites,greetings Vic.

[jt290476]

Questa è la mia preferita!!!

Grazie mille per il tuo sentimento in musica.

Saluti from Sicily!!!

[Jazzguts]

@jt290476 thanks my friend for your heartfelt words,much obliged,Vic.

[baixistarj1]

beautiful!

[Jazzguts]

@baixistarj1 thank you for your kindness,Vic.

[sampogi0518]

you are fantastic!

[Jazzguts]

@sampogi0518 thanks glad you liked it,Vic.

[OldMiminha]

I've just found you on my friends favs...

You are great, loved this one and now I'm looking forward to watch the other videos you've posted. Thanks for sharing your talent!

5/5

[Jazzguts]

Thanks OldMiminha, gladly done and glad you enjoyed, welcome to my other work,greets Vic.

[Ambrosecaster]

Fantastico! I have been learning this piece and it is great to see a master chord melody player lay it down. I sometimes get stuck playing in the same positions. It's very helpful to watch you play and is quite soothing to the mind! Bravo Victor! Ambrose

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Ambrose for your supporting words, it's not easy finding good working voicings over the range of the whole instrument but keep working at it and most of all understand your theory,it sure helps,Vic.

[tarnatalia]

Thanks !!!

Bravo!!!

[Jazzguts]

Thanks tarnatalia,greetings Vic.

[dle777]

Amazing, as always. What a terrific sense of timing and color you have.

Any chance you can articulate your solo ideas? Mine sound like crap, and I'm trying to learn how to solo over the changes and make it meolodic.

Many thanks for your inspiration!

[Jazzguts]

Thanks dle77,it's a long of trial and error and especially persistence,in these times most guys are not willing to take that road,they want everything by pressing a knob,doesn't work with Music, grets Vic.

[harwoodhomer]

Great voicings.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks harwood,always welcome,Vic.

[jimtobias]

i'm listening to every version of this song on youtube. your rendition is perfect -- very much in tune with the spirit of the composition, sleek and inventive without being showy. a joy to listen to.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Jim, great comment, you're right I'm not playing to impress people,I'm trying to play the Ideas I hear in my head,and I play in service of Music.

[fabiomp5]

From Brasil Tom Jobim talent

[elgranporo]

very nice!! beautiful,!!!you have a lot of talent

[Jazzguts]

Thanks elgranporo, talent combined with discipline and hard work, saludos Vic.

[dvdyu16]

Nice! Hope you can post a video on how to play it. Keep up the good work! =D

THIS IS A GREAT JOB =D I LIKE IT VERY MUCH. CLASSIC SONGS ROCK! =D

[Jazzguts]

Thanks dvdyu16, ever asked a doctor how he performs an operation? LOL,greets Vic.

[leyva905]

Impecable Vic.Very good improvitation.I had checked before,even i think I left a video response(5*)..Ill keep checking your work my friend

[Jazzguts]

Thanks so much Pepe, you're a Natural man,all you play comes from the Soul,and that checking is vica versa my friend,more than welcome,greets Vic.

[Czerviper]

This is really good. I hope to perform with musicians of this caliber some day.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Czerviper, keep on working, practicing and you'll succeed,greets Vic.

[DosSantosRonaldo]

very good congratulations!!! it sees my videos please!!! have good weak

[Jazzguts]

Thanks DosSantos,when I have a little time I'll check them out,Vic.

[drxl44]

You're an inspiration to many, Vic! Not that I can play a single note ... regrettably.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks drxl44, listeners can also have great musical ears and contribute in being a great audience, very Important,Vic.

[evanhue1030]

Very very nice. I've always wanted to learn to play like that. I idolized Joe Pass growing up, but learned to play more in a Hendrix/Santana rock style. Thanks for posting this. It is now added to my favorites.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks evanhue1030, nothing wrong with Hendrix/ Santana style,I like that very much too, in this style I learned harmonic and melodic refinement (with all respect to the other styles) greets Vic.

[jmbgouveia]

I love it. Bossanova will always be my favourity. Excelent execution. Groeten Joao

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Joao, right,people like Jobim will always remain a source of inspiration and excellent harmony,greets Vic.

[guitarmusic4]

Hey great playing. I was wondering where/how you get the backing tracks for the tunes you cover. Thanks.

[Wyldelyfe]

Very good playing, the tone is to die for, incredible fluidness to the whole thing! Trying to learn it myself, but for someone whom only have been playing for 2 years, it's quite hard, but I'm not giving up, but I've realized that it's gonna take a lot of work, soul & time to get it to the level which you've acheived! Wonderful playing once again!

[Jazzguts]

Hi Wyldelyfe, You got the right motivation,don't give up,learn your Tools,scales,arpeggios, know where modulation occurs,those are the main things of course solid rhythm,you've got to love the Music then it will come in time,greets Vic thanks for your fine comment.

[dronai]

Great job, I see you used a pick on this one. I'm trying to learn it, and I have a hard time trying to use fingers....(I am a hacker though)

[Jazzguts]

Hi dronai, I think I do a lot intuitively,I just listen what the Tunes needs and pick a choice of technique I can use,of course I have studied those techniques, greets Vic.

[mimitch18]

Bonjour,

de la super musique, peut-ont obtenir les partitions ou tablatures de vos arrangements  ?

merci

et encore congratulations for you excellent music

Michel

[Jazzguts]

Hi Michel,it's all Head-arrangements(nothing written down)but maybe you can get it by listening and looking at the Vid,greets Vic.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks picknpaws, well try downloading "Band in a box" (demo version) it's a very user friendly program you can generate your own accompaniment with fairly easy, greetings Vic.

[Spiow]

very impressive stuff victor! you totally nailed this crazy chord progression... just out of curiosity, how many recordings did you take before you settled on this one?

[Jazzguts]

Hi Spiow, thank you, man I really don't know how many, I mostly Jam for a while getting in the Mood of the Tune,mostly I'd say 2 up to 4 takes,no more.greets Vic.

[RobbyKrieger92]

Perfect,my friend,as I can see you master the guitar.5 STARS from me,in my opinion this is the best cover of "Wave" in youtube.Your Ibanez sounds perfectly,very warm and deep tone.I hope you'll neer stop uploading blues guitar videos.

[Jazzguts]

Hi Robby, I'm afraid I"ll never master the Guitar(at least not in this life) It's a too complex material to just waltz over in a shallow way,but on the other hand I know I'm extreme critical about myself. greets Vic.

[sistalinda]

By the way. You are very handsome... off topic.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Sista,thought the same bout you when you were singing. Nice off topic,lol greets Vic.

[sistalinda]

Fantastic!!  Yay You!

[fradry]

Mio caro amico Bravo..saluti from Sicily

[Jazzguts]

Thank you frardy,you're always welcome,greets Victor.

[edsonpaulino]

Hi, great Job victor!!you re a very good guitar player! tech and feeling like brazilian musicians on bossa nova`s ! Regards from Brazil!

Edson!

[Jazzguts]

Thank you Edson,brazilian music has always inspired me,because of the quality of most compositions, like Jobim,absolutely great what that man has wrote in his lifetime, deep respect,greets Victor.

[darylwerth]

Victor, I loved your arrangement. I keep trying to catch the logo on the headstock...are you playing a Benedetto?(I also couldn't catch the trademark tailpiece. But, what a sweet and warm sound you're getting. I couldn't help noticing all of the guitars on stands and hanging from the ceiling. LOL. Reminds me of my den...my wife doesn't understand..."you can only play one at a time!"

Thank you for the clinic.

[Jazzguts]

Hi darylwerth, thank you, it's an Ibanez GB20(taken out production years ago) Someone who doesn't play guitar doesn't understand why I have several instruments, every guitar has a distinctive sound and I use them all on the Tube as well, a strat for instance is a totally other story then this instrument. You're welcome for the Clinic,enjoy my music,greets Victor.

[martinschoeps]

Congratulations !!! Amazing !

I have never seen any not Brazilian playing Bossa Nova like you. (I'm from Brazil) I play piano and I know that Bossa Nova is very challenging and great to play. You played by hart ! Perfect! A+

[Jazzguts]

Thank you, I grew up in Curacao(close to Venezuela), so I grew up listening to lot's of latin, from young age I always Improvised,for me that's the essence of Music, it's like a conversation,who knows where it will lead us too,I love the unexpected, greets Victor.

[footcandy]

Lovely..... now that's how I'd like to be able to play Wave. I've been learning a bit of jazz for the last couple years, but it's tough going after playing rock for so long. Check out my attempt at Wave if you get a chance.

[Jazzguts]

I can Imagine, this is another world than Rock, there's lot's of Harmony and melody going on and certainly comparable with Jazz,you really got to "dig in" and put quite some time in this style to be able to play it. Greets footcandy,Victor.

[cassinell]

Sensual and relaxing music. Thank you.

[Jazzguts]

Yes cassinell guess you could say that, I love the brazilian style,full of harmony, rich rhythms and Images that cross the mind when listening,greets Vic.

[mozkill]

i love that song. nice job.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Mozkill, my pleasure,always welcome,Victor.

[larwin1803]

You have a fabulous set of fingers...excellent playing. You really make it look easy with your very smooth rhythm, which makes it even more impossible to duplicate! Thanks so much for sharing your stuff!

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Larwin,the daily practice sessions and the love for music is paying off now, I always tell Musicians put in your Heart and Soul and it can't go wrong,and ofcourse patience(a scarse good these days)greets Vic.

[BocaFriend]

Greetings from a new fan in Florida! I feel so blessed to have outstanding musicians present their work to us via YouTube. Whenever the news of the day and the mania of the media threaten our spiritual calm, a visit to the Jazz jukebox you have here is a great antidote!

You have a tremendous range of repertoire, Vic!

Best wishes and many thanks. ~Terry

[Jazzguts]

Hi Terry, glad that many Music lovers and interested people visit my channel and leave all these kind and supporting comments here, also thanks for subscription ,indeed there's lots of Material here that I've gathered over the years of musicianship,we'll be hearing from each other.greets Vic.

[royefarol]

victor you're great! can you please do an

Earl Klugh? "Rayna" or" Spanish Lady" will be perfect for your style.

[Jazzguts]

Hi royefarol, I'm looking up my brother in Curacao and we might do a jam with guitar and sax and put it on the Tube for you to enjoy,A fanclub what's happening to me,this is too kind man, check out"Inventions on Angy" I just posted today,greets Vic.

[royefarol]

will be looking at it, vic. just do your stuff! the world needs to feel good, and one of them is your playing good music. Watching and listening to your music send good vibes! Can you do , please , a rendition of bill withers' 'lovely day'? Is it too much? sorry, man, it's just your're too good.

[royefarol]

hey victor! this too is really good! I think i'll start a fan club for you. you're really excellent.

[WwwLickonizerDe]

Sweet version, very good voicings! Good work!

[Jazzguts]

Thanks, it's a great composition and love to play it,such chordprogressions never wear out,greets Victor.

[Galocha1972]

Maravilhoso!! sou brasileiro e adoro essa música! parabéns!!!

[Jazzguts]

Thank you,I don't speak Brazilian but I got your message, glad you enjoyed my friend,greets Victor.

[Chordwayze]

Real nice Victor. Great improvising on a melody that is 'outside' the norm, harmonically. (Unless it's just that I don't know the melody too well!) A pleasure to listen to your choice of phrases and keep it going. I thought I had commented aleady here, but if I did, the comment dropped off! John

[Jazzguts]

Thank you John, yes indeed in the beginning I had to fight my way through the chords but after a while I started discovering the logic and again I learned a few things,Jobim is a great composer I think, greets Vic.

[johnvankampen]

Hi Vic, Very well played and your guitar has sweet sound. Wave is a beautiful Bossa Nova but at the same time it's rather difficult to improvise on because of the bridges, still you mastered it in your own way. It seems easier to improvise on at a lower tempo my version runs a bit faster and on the sax it really gets you into trouble. Very well played, you know I love the Bossa Rhythms from the master Antonio Carlos Jobim if you have time, give me a few more. Greets, John

[Jazzguts]

Yeah John,it is a difficult chordprogression and at certain points you really got to know what you are doing melodically, still there's a logic in this tune but this is too complex to explain in this limited answer, as with much music you have to do your meditating and thinking,this indeed one of my favourite Bossa's such a great melody and chordprogression,greets Vic.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks, just keep on going with the love for music and you will,greets Vic.

[mostlybossa]

Very enjoyable performance Victor ! Your improvisations always impress ! Your choice of notes is really unusual.

warm regards Domingos

PS I really think NAUDO and you should do a duo ! Wow !

[Jazzguts]

Hi Domingo's from Spain(vacation)maybe in the future I might do something with Naudo(great Player)but I need somebody to do video editing(like Scott)I'm lousy at that,greets Victor.

[NAUDOPRD]

Gustaría poder tocarla contigo.

[NAUDOPRD]

Esto es verdaderamente magnífico, mi amigo Victor.

Perdoname por hablar en español, pero "My english is bad" Tengo muitos problemas para expresarme en inglés.

Sorry. Naudo.

[Jazzguts]

No importa Naudo habla un poco espanol y podemos communicar, gusta las compositiones de Jobim mucho siempre hay lindas melodias y Cuerdas, qui sas un dia voy a Tenerife y tocamos juntos(quando tengo bastante dinero)hasta luego Amigo,muchas gracias por tu commentario, Victor

[NAUDOPRD]

Cuando tu quieras venir a Tenerife, te estoy esperando,amigo. Un abrazo. Naudo.

[Burch9]

Beautiful Victor!!

[Kikalani]

Love it!  Thanks.

[enzmusic]

gees, i declare myself unable to keep up with your pace of production. i like the long nice phrases:) cheers, pat

[Jazzguts]

No Matter Pat,just keep your own tempo man,who's payin' you? why bother with crazy folks like me, however a little crazyness makes the world go round,thanks man,greets Vic.

[JogiBass]

A five-star, as allways, Victor. I especially like your ending of the second A on the first chorus of improvisation. Great tension! And I also like the way you treat that bridge - not easy to make sense, there. But easy for you... Thx 4 sharing!

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Jogi, well somethings might look simple but sometimes I have a deep meditation about some parts how to tackle them,this tune has a lot of chords man and it has to make sense,you've got to feel the form,greets Victor.

[freddym223]

my favorite bossa nova,played by my favorite guitarist.smooth victor.5*

[Jazzguts]

Thanks fred, Herb Ellis was the first Jazzguitarist I heard play this tune and it was love at first hearing,Jobim is a great composer,what do you think of Stan Getz?

Gr Victor.

[freddym223]

yah getz is great on bossa novas especially. but im also a big paul desmond fan.

[slowmoejazz]

Victor That was beautiful. Your never disapointing with your music. Like I said befor: Your love for music and hard work shows in all your videos. Thanks for sharing. Russ

[Jazzguts]

Thanks, my father once told me Vic,Music is an uncertain life but if you incist on doing it you better put in everything you got and I guess I followed his "wise" advise.All the best Russ.

[zneella]

victor this is just excellent.thanks,Gavin.

[denise804]

Wonderful. Love your style of playing. I can only hope to be half that good.

[Jazzguts]

Thanks Denise,only three words; Practice-listen-practice.greet­s Victor.

[classican]

Class pure class

[daviemcf]

Some nice tasty chords there Victor,brilliant as usual!!

[DieselBodine]

One of my favorite Jobim toons! Nicely done! "vijf penta-pointers"