Yardbird Suite - Mike Oria, solo guitar

[MrMetalMayhem]

omg what an outstanding player!

[seanmarkeymusic]

great job man, i was a little un easy when i saw on 7 string and then it knocked me out awesome job

[alienlove1]

....Sticazzi!!!!!!!!!!



[jimpoopy16]

this sounds soooo kool, I love this song (probs my favorite bird melodey and solo), and I play guitar and alto sax so I can appreciate this and it was AWESOME, love it!

[foxybrown2]

That was amazing. I have never seen anyone groove so hard You are the Man

[Edwardcore00]

EXCELENTE!!!!! BUENA TECNICA, BUEN FEELING Y GRAN SOLO.

[raxxalexx]

----> INSPIRATIONAL GUITAR PLAYER <----

[ltaurum]

Holy shit, this grooves so hard. Way inspirational.

[mojutubakaunt]

dude, you're maaaaaad ! awesome !

[LucasSader]

Great job!!!



[lstierney]

Hot, groovy playing. I love it!

[BigFiveJack]

Tiger Woods NEVER palyed golf as well as YOU play the guitar!

[budpcs]

Dude so killin. What was your strategy for writing this chord melody?

[diz52nd]

what energy

[Pinkus221]

love it!

[TheMinor2major]

Too amazing!! hahaa

[adajim]

Great Swing feel, Mike - very tasty !

Keep Swingin !!!

[rolypr]

All I want to say is: "I want to be like you when I grow up!!"... haha I love this song!!!

I'm a beginner to intermediate level guitar player that would like to learn to play jazz guitar. Any suggestions on where to start?? Books, videos, etc??

[MikhailSalcedo]

excellent playing man

[travisrules14]

I never thought that this was even possible on guitar... I must practice! You are an incredible player

[otis6593]

0:50 - 0:53 sounds like the progression in John Coltrane's Giant Steps! :D Rahh ftw! :D

[composer4life]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T



[MrSallows]

Well played! This is one of my favourite songs, and you played it so well! :D

[soup2nuts1]

how do you like the Palen? I'm thinking of getting one. Is yours easy to play? whats the other guitar behind you? pro's vs con's ? thnx -

[BlikeNave]

Don't know why I clicked on your video second when I came to a fork in the Youtube road. I was hungry for some chords! And a nice interp of this song. Thank you.

[eliteslayer66]

uh...why are you so amazing?

[foxybrown2]

wow!

[jerrodc457]

the cool blues transition was dope.

[massoudgodemanntrio]

Nice work!!

[thejoemallet]

truly stunning mate

[junka22]

kick ass!

[caffeine150]

my face melted off. thank you

[SPGGuitar251]

This is great, Mike! What a great time feel.

[Umbc]

Holy shit you have more groove than a whole orchestra!

[22ibanezplayer]

this is awesome! great rendition of Charlie!

would it be possible for you to message me a 6 string transcription?

[Yarden2y]

WOW!

[brodymont21]

Great video!

[jhildeman526]

Wow, I never get tired of coming back and listening to this. I'm a sax guy that loves "the bird" and this is nothing short of amazing.

[GarretsShadow]

awsome! what tuning are you in?

[jasayl0792]

@GarretsShadow His chord forms look like standard tuning to me.

[MillerOriaDuo]

@GarretsShadow standard tuning plus a 7th string tuned to low A

[Nevermoron]

Amazing!

[kewl2006]

holy SHITTTTTTTTTT

[ishyfordy]

That was absolutely superb; a fantastic and exciting rendition! You're a truly excellent guitarist.

[NWLamb]

Thanks so much for the kind words about my pc. CLL.  Yardbird Suite is just terrific! The level of difficulty to play that cleanly in fingerstyle is nearly inconceivable!

Best,

Neil

[erlandodk]

Absolutely awesome!

[dadisgreat1]

You're really good...I enjoyed this a lot!

[maxpowd3r]

SO GOOD.

[izzyvulaca]

damn this is a killer!

awesome stuff man

[Mucklum]

WOW ! Killer performance dude !

[LONGWINDING]

Great!!!

[anitadavideduo]

YEAH!!!!!!!!

[WesMetheny]

Great playing, Mike! Man, a Palen 7....definitely on my "When I Win the Lottery" list. Haha. Peace. All my best -Taylor

[micheledc]

wonderful man!!!!

[chrisbr1]

WOWOWOW

[chrisbr1]

WOWOWOWOW

[fermutante]

Genius!!

[pompenel]

C'est brillant!

[FockerTheLopper]

how can anybody dislike this?

[jolak6]

Great groove! so much energy with a perfect clarity. I could listen to it all day long. Bravo!

[RangRing68]

Charlie is rolling!

[dermpathmd]

Sweet! Thanks!



[skeptimystic]

Dang! Talent well-used.

[theycallthiswork]

very nice, man. 

[jaapberk]

amazing specialy the intro

[Bluesbrown88]

goooooooood

[stevefout]

Great Mike! One of the best guitar arrangements of YBS I've ever heard!

[tedmatic]

Mike is a Blackbelt in kickass guitar!!!

[planetrot]

great!!!

[brush200400]

Very nice Job! Love your arrangement on one of my favorite bop tunes.

[Igorlysikov]

Okhuitelno!

[Igorlysikov]

Okhuitelno!

[JohnthePiratexXx]

You're jazz face is intense hahah

Damn good job.

[MillerOriaDuo]

Hey, good for you. transcribing is great for the ear; more power to ya!

To answer your question, i have an unorthodox finger picking style for the single note lines. I pinch index and thumb together and pretend i am holding a pick, then i alternate pick with the tip of my index finger. no actual pick is present. Seems goofy, but that's what i do, lol.

[bigafromusclekid]

@MillerOriaDuo Well, then, I might just have to copy that style as a classical guitarist. Alternate fingerpicking just doesn't swing hard enough. Do you worry about keeping your nails shaped and stuff?

[MillerOriaDuo]

@bigafromusclekid - i don't do anything to maintain/shape my nails. they are slightly longer than usual but not by much.

[JazzJunkie4]

@MillerOriaDuo Nice, I actually do the same thing with my index finger sometimes. Its nice to know that it can actually sound good!

[yorokondo]

u r groovin high!

[MillerOriaDuo]

@yorokondo thx!

[DuhJeffmeister]

this video is fucking crazy

[vmlnc]

great playing...

[Catfisheyeballs]

Fantastic!

[xxmanx1]

I cant believe some douchbag dissed this guys time. man....this guy is GREAT. His time is fine. All over the map works sometimes!

[hernancassibba]

capooooo

[lindyruffs]

dude.... get off your ass, and youtube, and make some records already!

[Leedysgladstones]

Nice man. I'm a jazz drummer but I love listening to jazz guitar. Thanks for posting. Great chops!

[revinfool]

Sweet. Just got turned on to this tune. You've got chops that most of us can on aspire to.

[Opherman47]

this guy needs to get a back massage.... great playing i just get tense watching him

[ThaGearOfWar]

Why?

[fishqwer]

First of all, learning music from standard notation assists your ability to read, a skill that is *essential* for gigging or learning new charts. Also, reading is especially important when learning chord/melodies, because knowing exactly what notes spell out the voicing is essential to being able to create your own music. In my experience I have never even seen tab in any real-life situation, so why practice something that won't help you in the real world.

[ThaGearOfWar]

Thank you for the incite. I'll take that into consideration, despite the fact that I cringe when studying music theory. :) And I don't know where to find songs in standard notation.

[fishqwer]

If you're after jazz tunes in notation, you should pick up the jazz musician's bible, "The Real Book Vol. 1 in C" by Shur publishing. Its a little pricey, but it is a necessity!

[fishqwer]

*sher publising

[PR31D]

Mind = Blown

[itzik72]

Very nice. And reminiscent of Joe Pass. Hot playing!

[peterguitar55]

Nice playing, Mike. You really swing!

[csakhang]

wooooow man! :D it1s amazing.... I understand: KILLER SOUND (6) :)

[MasterOfGloubi]

Killer sound

[SphereAcidBurn]

I want the 6 string tab

[ThaGearOfWar]

i wants tablature ='(

[rexious5]

damn man you are really blessed. righteous..

[gessed]

Great:Loved it.

[fendergasm11]

:59-1:05

i live for that.

[Goldmadw]

Who the F-Word is this Kid? He is a Beast of a Player. Mannnnnn, that was so freakin awesome. I'mma have to listen to this bout 10 mo' times just to get it out of my system. LOL Way kewl.

[retsofnalanosaj]

Nice man. Great arrangement. I am still sucking at solo jazz stuff haha. Thanks for the upload.

[666IvanDeOz666]

excellent you are good

nice form of play te guitar

five stars^^

[nolocus]

Excellent.

[tjuo77]

Been playing for 20 years but I could never be this good!! Great stuff

[tmasonmi5]

funky dude. Jazz got to have the theory and the funk yeah you got it.

[GuitarTrombone93]

yea man! really cool! great versatility on the guitar, too

[elsluc]

good stuff man. Keep it up!!!!

[Roddirat]

Freakin awesome........Bird would be proud

[WesMetheny]

Excellent playing! I see you're using an Acoustic Image...what kind of speaker are you playing through? Great tone, man. 5 stars.

[MillerOriaDuo]

thanks! i use a Clarus 2R(II) head into a Redstone RS-12ER pewter finish cabinet. They make great cabs.

[SIRONEDRAGON]

Awesome !! : ))))

[robertransley]

what planet is he from? OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!

[Jazzwayze]

Did someone say quite good. Either a master of understetment or frightened of the words 'professional' and 'superb'.

Thanks for this.

John

[whitepapagold]

Really really really really quite good... Youve got that walking bass line so freakin tight its ridiculous!

I want to see the new Sakashta please...

[Georfrias]

oh man!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[panda1938]

Absolutely awesome playing, love it.

[Jonathancarlemar]

This is nothin' but amazing. Keep it up!

[rcarmel]

If this doesn't make me wanna learn Jazz then nothing will. Fan-flipin-tastic

[petermazzajazzguitar]

absolutely virtuoso, creative and swinging solo guitar playing, Mike...thank you!

[anttilepardi]

Talk about seven-string thrashing! Even a metal guitarist got to respect this, yes good show, jolly good :)

[MillerOriaDuo]

Hi friends & THANKS for all the nice comments - they are appreciated.

TRANSCRIPTION now available...msg me.

[DenisMcNulty]

I love your arrangement. Superb playing!

I will send you a message inquiring about a transcription.

A Huge Fan!

[OwenGGGGG]

Hiy I love listening to this performance! Thanks for putting it up. Would you be able to email me the transcription? Thanks loads

Owen

[weathered150]

Can you still play eruption (like you did in high school)? Miguel

[MillerOriaDuo]

lol, hey miguel. Naw, not so much anymore...

[Emmalala123]

Beautiful guitar, sounds great. 5*

[karpopper]

holy shit

[tommymacdonald]

...O_O

[santidicri]

great!

[lsaifu12]

thats awesome

[lindseyblair]

Damn, thats a hard tempo to play by yourself, and you can really do it. Very good!

[greendayvidjones]

wow....

thats all I'm saying

[frankipoux]

Nice. welll done!

[edo77b]

cazzo!

[TimofeyShor]

So so Goooood=)

[nosebleedman]

=O =O =O =O =O =O =O

wow

wish i could play jazz like that

[ankoslitoflower]

well stop hanging your mouth open and do it ;-)

[mooseythejuiceman]

Nice Five Brothers quote!

[androidguitar]

Quite outstanding, you seem to have brought an upright bass player along, every time you play those bass lines.

[Andy42muk]

Just discovered your video...outstanding guitar work. I love the sound of that guitar its so mellow. Great stuff Andy

[wooohaaa77]

The bass run at 1:06 is NASTY!!!! Good stuff man.

[jakecornmusic]

simply incredible. great playing. this kind of rhythmic command takes a very serious level of playing. it sounds also too free to be a completely arranged version. it doesn't have the contrived sound of completely planned notes. you're too good.

jake corn

[cattleprods911]

freakin killer technique there man, wow!

not worthy!!!

not worthy!!!

not worthy!!!

[Sixquatre75]

La musique, le son, le savoir-faire tout y est ! Arrivé à ce stade, on doit noter Mike Oria 11/10 !

[drwinkle101]

Wow this guy really swings hard and got the harmonic smarts too!!

[takezaspirit]

yeah man. that made my day

[diz52nd]

Oh, Yeah!

[snillocmail]

amazing.

my new favorite version of yardbird suite

[mojoejazz1]

real guitar hero

[mojoejazz1]

SICK

[mhbostic]

Hi Mike, Your arrangement of Yardbird Suite is superb and your playing is stunning!!! Where did you study and who with? May I please receive a transcription of it? Mayhue Bostic, P. O. Box 230508, Boston, MA 02123-0508.

[Piotrelek123]

you are talented... no doubt

this is music !

[Johnno455]

Awesome job man!

[tsumabiken]

It's kazoo for me too, I think O_O

[motohouse1]

OK, so this goes in the "That doesn't suck" category!

A couple more lessons and he just might have it! :)

I think I just decided to take up the kazoo after watching this. NICE WORK and Killer tone!

[dle777]

fantastic!!!!!!!

any chance you could provide some instruction?

awesome playing

[michaelnazareth]

You made my day. This is so good and I am a pianist. ;)

[GrumpyMJK]

baldlawnmower took the words right out of my mouth....in the trash it goes!

FANTASTIC PLAYING! You make it look like nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuthin'.

[baldlawnmower]

This makes me want to throw my guitar in the trash.

[guimagranato]

very good

[biboygitarista]

whoa! monster skill and tone, love it!

[ankoslitoflower]

fantastic

[pedromoser01]

what kind of strings do you use?

[MillerOriaDuo]

i use Thomastik Bebop .013 roundwounds with an .080 on the bottom.

[masedawg69]

how much harder is a 7 string harder to play for jazz then a 6?

[vecernicek2]

Playing the 7 string guitar is roughly 1,167 times more difficult than playing a 6 string guitar.

[MillerOriaDuo]

it's only 16.6% harder, lol. seriously, it IS a six string but with just a few extra note choices - surprisingly easy to make the switch.

[carvetop01]

Damn that's good! Great tone and feel.

[carvetop01]

That one deserves 6 stars

[menilmontant]

awesome!!

very nice use of the harmonics!!!!

[Tototwice]

UNREAL.......... I take my hat off to you.. FANTASTIC..... get an agent..KEEPON STRUMMIN...Dallas

[SixteenRainings]

The tune that lowgrowl5 was referring to being quoted at :42 is Cool Blues. Great job, man.

[yourworstnightmare30]

so awesome i'm playing this song for jazz band

[pankcakesphil]

incredible

[pedromoser01]

i see this video EVERY day at least 10 times. :P

thank you for uploading =]

[lowgrowl5]

Wow! Nice subtle, other charlie parker tune quote at 042 (really famous one, what's it called again?) Anyway, viva l'interpolation!Also check out incredible 'so swinging' bass lines at 44+ and 102+ Makes my day each I check into it. Thank you Mr Mike.

[MillerOriaDuo]

thanks so much!  that little Charlie Parker quote on the break is "Cool Blues". I seem to remember Parker quoted it in his solo on YS. i should go back and listen.

[SixteenRainings]

Yeah, he did quote from Cool Blues in his own solo.

[JohnnyLarge1970]

At leasr 500 of these views are mine. That is awesome. All the Best.

JohnnyLarge from HCEG

[MillerOriaDuo]

ha, and another 500 are probably from my mom...

;(

thanks johnny!

[matheusbagli]

genial