Chameleon - Herbie Hancock Guitar Cover by Garret Schmittling

[WatersideStudioMusic]

awesome...i got to get a looper! that looks like hella fun!

[OTheFrench]

Hey, i like it so much ! Can u give some tips to jam on this sort of style ?? Thx ! :)

[AvivCMusic]

I liked it very much :)

[gschmittling]

@AvivCMusic Hey, thanks very much! :)

[gschmittling]

@xXThatGuitarKidXx I think I was...

[OTheFrench]

hey well played !! What sort of scale are you jamming on ?

[gschmittling]

@OTheFrench Bb Dorian!

[JA3KlausWinchenbach]

cool feeling

[gschmittling]

@JA3KlausWinchenbach Thanks! 

[TheAlexProductions10]

Neat!



[gschmittling]

@TheAlexProductions10 Thanks!

[jeffreyhsykes]

Yes this is magnificent! Well done.

[chavito23]

bro, what do you use for improvising? you have a great sound... when yu go "out"...

[gschmittling]

@chavito23 I'm staying inside the "Dorian" sound and minor pentatonic. Nothing really out. Just trying to get the feel for the inside before I try to get outside!

[heidemannish]

Great playing!! very cool solo

[gschmittling]

@heidemannish Thanks! :)

[DavidSemedo]

what's your last chord?

[gschmittling]

@DavidSemedo Bbm9. It's a Bbm barre chord with the pinks on the high e 8th fret instead of on the 4th string.

[StephenDeCarloGuitar]

Fantastic phrasing! Subscribed!

[gschmittling]

@StephenDeCarloGuitar Thank you so much, very interesting guitar you have in your video! I appreciate your support!

[StephenDeCarloGuitar]

@gschmittling Yeah its pretty odd. I may do a cover of you cover eventually(whenever i get a mic).

[scelia73]

you killed it man, great job!!

[gschmittling]

@scelia73 Thank you very much!

[scelia73]

oyu killed man, great job!!

[DeadMusket]

amazing :0 could you tell me what modes and scales you use in this song? :)

[gschmittling]

@DeadMusket Thanks! It's all Bb dorian!

[SweetTheLegend]

The slap at the intro O_O How do you do it?

[gschmittling]

@SweetTheLegend I use my thumb to slap the bass string and other fingers for the ghost notes! Thanks for watching!

[PepijnvanderVaart]

I like your Telecaster

[gschmittling]

@PepijnvanderVaart Thanks! Me too.

[BAGOFENTERTAINMENT]

what a boss

[gschmittling]

@BAGOFENTERTAINMENT Thanks a lot! :) I really appreciate you watching!

[JalapenoJr]

Amazing, well done dude. You have a superly super sense of groove

[gschmittling]

@JalapenoJr I love to groove! Thank you so much!

[rockerbona94]

is very cool this telecaster! :)  the branch is normal?

[gschmittling]

@rockerbona94 It's a bunch of parts that I threw together. I love it though! I have all the parts listed in the description. Thanks for watching!

[Cottiho]

Awesome, really awesome, man.

[TDproductions07]

hey what key is this song in for the scales

[gschmittling]

@TDproductions07 Bbm. I'm using the Dorian mode!

[antreas4562]

nice solo!!!this song we are playing to school!!!!!

[journeyisseperate]

Nice, like this a lot. I've been using similar approaches. I haven't been able to get my dorian sound to flow as well as yours so thanks for the upload.

[mefunni]

Hey, what scale are you using to solo? I would love to know :P thanks

[gschmittling]

@mefunni Dorian and Minor Pentatonic. I plan on doing a lesson of how to solo over a vamp like this! Thanks!

[mefunni]

@gschmittling Hey thanks al ot man, I can improvise pretty well off those two scales :) But still a lesson would be pretty good. Thanks!!

[gschmittling]

@mefunni I'll get one up as soon as I can! Thank YOU! :)

[dagjammit]

now this is what in the music world we like to call tasty

[gschmittling]

@dagjammit Thanks a lot Nick for checking out my stuff! Nice stuff on your channel too brother! Oh, and I did write "Here She Comes" ;)

[YourGruntLord]

Thats was really, really good. Do you think you would be able to tab this out?

[gschmittling]

@YourGruntLord - Thank you so much! I don't think I have the time to tab it all out. I do plan on doing lessons pretty soon on what I was doing over it. Thanks!

[YourGruntLord]

@gschmittling Alright. Because this is one of the songs we may be doing in jazz band at my high school, and im the guitar player of the bunch and it would be so awesome if I came in one day and played it like this haha.

[gschmittling]

@YourGruntLord It might take some work but anyone can get it!

[babyfacepimp20]

that was sick

[gschmittling]

@babyfacepimp20 Thanks! :)

[ndfanchaz]

How do you solo like that? Is it a scale?

[gschmittling]

@ndfanchaz It's all based off of the Dorian mode. I plan on doing an online lesson once I find the time too in which I'll explain in more depth! Thanks for watching!

[bungholio80]

That's ok if you didn't got too "outside" as long as it's good. And this is damn good!

[gschmittling]

@bungholio80 Ha, I appreciate you watching!! :)

[IAmThatUnfamousGuy]

Oh man! this is soooooooo freaking funky... i HAVE to pick up my guitar everytime i listen to this now,

keep it up buddy :)

[gschmittling]

@IAmThatUnfamousGuy Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching!

[AmkPiano]

this song is great.... its nice to listen to someone who an play it with that much soul

[gschmittling]

@AmkPiano Gotta love Headhunters! Thank you so much, soul is something I always hope to convey in my playing. I really appreciate you watching!

[Blackstrat1190]

Garret, outstanding playing as always! I am thrilled to see you have some stuff up for us all to watch and enjoy. Thanks so much man, your playing always inspires me!

[gschmittling]

@Blackstrat1190 That's the most incredible compliment I could ever get, to inspire someone has always been my goal. Thanks so much! Keep in touch.

[merelvh]

Great! Funky :)

[gschmittling]

@merelvh Thanks! :D I'm happy you watched and commented!!

[ViktorBorg]

Good job Garret, you´re inspiring and you are talented!

[gschmittling]

@ViktorBorg Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching!

[jrjsamartgis]

this should have over 100,000 views in my opinion

and if this is improvising? then its amazing :)

nice work my friend

[gschmittling]

@jrjsamartgis Thanks! Everything is improvised except for the "head" of Chameleon. So everything from 1:22 on is improvised. Thanks again for watching!

[lecriducochon]

yuhuu this is pretty awesome, just sayin'

[gschmittling]

@lecriducochon Thank you so much for watching! :)

[christrealized]

Totally awesome... 5 stars and a subscription! Excellent playing!

[gschmittling]

@christrealized Thanks for watching! :)

[goldenchopsticks]

NICE. You took a song that was supposed to be laid back and funky and exploded into it with lots of new energy, with style might I add. Love it.

[gschmittling]

@goldenchopsticks Thanks! :)

[murphdawgg11]

dude this is freaking awesome!!! i have to play this song for jazz band...this is great!!!!!!!

[gschmittling]

Thanks for watching!

[SeanTheReptileGuru]

@murphdawgg11 i have to play this on guitar for jazz band too haha. never heard it before today lol. i wonder if they'll let me use my wah....its so good for it

[BryanNhisLP]

omfg why doesnt this have 1million views ? O_O YOUR AMAZING :D can you tell me what scale this you play it on. cause in the beggining it just sounds blues pentatonic but then it sounds really funk. :P

[gschmittling]

@BryanNhisLP

Thank you Bryan! Dorian mostly. What I mean by "inside" is that I didn't really go outside of the Dorian mode at all. Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it!

[CrazyLemur13]

Incredible! This deserves 1,000,000+ views, imo.

[atleonard]

I always enjoy you vids Gar, keep them coming.

[Andypandy525]

Awesome! :D

[gschmittling]

@Andypandy525

Thanks for listening! Hope you check out some of my other videos too!

Garret