Smooth Jazz Guitar Lesson, tune from 'Secret Combination'

[LuciDilher]

OU MAI JOD! ITS JACK BAUER!

[rickizta668]

great! love those licks!

[Pan3405]

1000000000.00000000000 in a dozen music!!

[twisterellafell]

guitarmanual.typepad.com/blog/ beginning guitar ebook

[MrAtlantajazz]

Love your mellow sound. All on the same page musically. Love it when it all comes together like this.

[upskidup]

Nice jazz lesson. However, I'm wondering what guitar Matt is playing in this clip? Is it a Gibson L-5?

[himynameiswhatever]

this sounds like elevator music.its good though

[jeshuranfrancis]

sir could you pls tell me the scales step by step what you play in the last section

[MrCampy123]

Very nice. Can you outline Sunny for us too?

[qtip1064]

This the kind of stuff you to the beach and just walk around.

[RJiminez51]

smooth jazz is like real good scotch. its not for people with underdeveloped tastes. and moronic brains

[IronPriest82]

Sounds like the music a buisness plays while you wait on hold..."Please hold....Your call will be answered shortly...your call is very important to us please remain on the lin" Lol....sorry but a bit boring.

[Canadianspunge]

@IronPriest82 That's just because they tend to use smooth jazz as muzac. It's really something you need to develop a liking for. I'm only fifteen so I can't fully appreciate it yet, but I can sure say it's a lot less annoying to me than it was a few years ago when I first heard it.

[renatovcortereal]

thanks a lot

[clewi1091]

are those strings flat wounds?

[humanrights4all]

@clewi1091 Answer us Mat, are those flat wounds?

[Tooks77]

what guitar u playing? very nice tone

[ledes022]

how is he recording the sound of his mic and guitar and including it in to a video? sorry to bother

[junmae808]

i dont get this lesson at all..but beautiful tone and sounding chords

[DoCWaSaBe]

jack bauer took up jazz! AWESOME!

[Dalsia]

Haha, he does look like Jack Bauer, doesn't he?

[1990Olloccin]

24 has guitar episodes!!!lol!!

[GHub99]

LMAO!

[NachoLibre621]

Wow, could you put in some tabs?

That's amazing!

[rcc3music]

nice tune, great tone, im gonna get me jazz box yet

[hellb]

You're good. Better than the crap i heard on the radio today. Thankyou!

[withoutajem]

i find jazz lead easy to play at least most of it when u read tab. But creating jazz lead is impossible for me... u are amazing

[XarezX]

isnt that the guy from 24

[gl5027]

Yea it does look like Jack Bauer from 24 LOL can't wait for the new season

[hallaelementary]

No. Hes from the Lost Boys. He was a vampire.

[sintygypsy86]

MICHAELLL...WE WANT YOU MICHAELLL

Matts great, but damned creepy

[FreakMedula]

JACK BAUER?

[LordDermann]

Yeah, he kinda looks like Kiefer Sutherland, huh?

But he doesn't have the bad-ass Jack Bauer look!^^

[maxomilian]

bucket head sucks ass, vinnie moore owns him.

[MrJazzguitarfreak]

Why is there a conversation about them on a JAZZ video?

[yosoyunpez]

Matt, i have a Joe Pass too, but i can't get that sound, wath amplifier are you using?

[luckluc]

Clean channel everything on 12 o'clock tweek a little with the gain and volume.neck pickup roll off the treble

and than you should find the tone

[Majaffa]

those chords are just mad xD

[bigsmellytrundlebed]

Sick voicings and Excellent tone... well played sir!

[js100serch]

some of the chords are the same that Buckethead uses for his songs O.o some of these chords are the used in "Electric tears" by buckerhead. This is just a comment, it's only something that I have noticed.

[StatumQuoVideo]

so i guess this guy is ripping off buckethead, buz buckethead invented chords?

[luciankaltz]

wOw I remember the first time I saw this. It blew me away. I love this stuff.

[MattHeister]

Matt, you're great! when you get a chance, let me know what you think

[Hukler]

Come ON MAN!!! Ever heard of STEREO sound? just the beginning though, it bugged me lol.

[mattotten]

try adding &fmt=18 to the url.

I don't know why Youtube plays it mono by default

[overban888]

@Hukler hey have you ever heard of shutting up listening and learning?

[Shogun777]

hi, are you the lead character in '24' ?

[TravuhsWree]

Ahah Jack Bauer you mean!

I think so!

Damn Jack you are smooth jazz guitarist!!

[knobsworth]

@Shogun777 ... hahaha ..

[CanadianSillyGoose]

@Shogun777 LOL I was just thinking that!

[xScreamToRisex]

@Shogun777 lol

[TableEnMousse]

@Shogun777 Yeah, when i saw him i was like " Is he Jack Bauer ?! " ahaha

[jessestrum]

hi thankyou for video, excellent, can you tell me what make the accompanying machine is thanks

[JustChiminin]

Great stuff . . thanks for sharing !

[AeroplaneFliesHigh22]

Im looking to purchase a Jazz guitar.....i was wondering of any recomendations.....i play Jazz but would like to incorperate it into my Alternative rock band......i was wondering if anyone could help me

[ahoff912]

A Gibson ES - 335 would be an excellent pick. Or an Ibanez Artcore would do the trick as well.

[gotanesp]

sweet!!

[Ornitoqueirus]

the low part og the neck is not for view mein.

[campyguitar]

good lesson dude

smooth jazz is way cool and fun to play

[ibanezrawker]

:O wow thats some advanced stuff.. if i had an interest in playing jazz i would love to play that, but i usually play what i have fun with... so of course i play metal and rock. the scales on this isnt the hard part, its those chords... and then adding in the scales in between it, wow, theres some great guitaring in this genre... never knew it.

[Koreanflow]

improv is much harder than the chords at times...

Of course the amount of chord substitutes you can use in jazz is infinite but I guess that's what you're referring to. But to truly play good phrases is a tough feat in itself.

[ibanezrawker]

well im actually pretty good at improv.. but the chords is the harder part for me.. i cant go from even a regular G,C,D,E chord progression to any quick improv like that then go right back into the chords...

[FRENZYPOWDER]

lol...

[MARTINBENITO]

sound like the wind man...

[Leoguitarrocker]

thanks for posting! Are you playing on an Epi Joe Pass???

[leo959]

where could u find posting for tabs of these types of scales?

[WilliamBonneau]

Learn intervals and major modes, and a bit on Augmented and Diminished, for jazz they use a lot of 7th's.

Hope this helps

Major- 1-3M-P5

Minor- 1-m3-P5

augmented- 1-3M-#5

diminished-1-m3-b5

(that should be about right)

the 3rd determines major or minor, the fifth determines if its natural, augmented or diminished. and the first is your root.

[alexbenjamin]

Is anyone else at all freaked out how much Matt looks like Keifer Sutherland at the beginning of this video??!?

[worwick]

Utilissimo

[cugoman]

he looks like keifer sutherland

[andocrates]

QUOTE he looks like keifer sutherland /QUOTE

Yea, If keifer sutherland played guitar!

(no it didn't make any sense)

[cpotter249]

Kiefer (note spelling) Sutherland not only plays guitar, he has a great guitar collection and a guitar named after him.

Sutherland is a well-known collector of many guitars, a majority of which are Gibson Les Pauls. Recently, the Gibson Custom shop has released a guitar (signed by Sutherland himself), the KS-336, as part of their 'Inspired By' series

[andocrates]

Well, son of a gun I had no idea. I've always liked him and his dad.

[NDOrehowsky]

its the sound of his guitar

[JazzGuitarist2007]

i would like to buy your backing track for this song do you sell it matt?

[JazzGuitarist2007]

how are you getting such sexy sound Matt? are you using amp or something like that or are you plugging your guitar through you computer?

Please tell me what your gears and settings are because i have been searching for that sound for a long time.

Love the tone and the warm sexy smooth sound you make you are the master :)

[JazzGuitarist2007]

Thank you so much Matt for teaching me i love your music so much wich i could play like you.

[flamestillburn]

Just smooth jazz guitar... very passion e correct technique... ciao from Sicily

[Maverick274]

Can anyone tell me how to get that deep guitar sound that he is using? I'm a beginner at guitar and would love to know =O.

[Volcanistry]

Turn down your master tone, turn down treble, and use your bridge pickup

[Jon00Wesley00Harding]

If you're going for a Sco-ish tone, yeah, but for the majority of Jazz playing you definitely want the neck pickup

[JustAGuitarPlayer]

First of all, use the neck pickup, (the pickup closest to the fretboard), then you can turn the tone knob associated with that pickup down a bit. I also think his strings are either flat wound strings or half wound strings (they're fairly thick strings). You can buy those at most guitar shops. I would use a thicker guitar pick which will give you a deeper tone also. On the amp, don't crank the treble knob too high. A hollow body archtop style guitar like he's playing helps alot too!

[Maverick274]

Wow, thanks guys!

[patcatyak]

I use the Thomastic George Benson pure nickel flat wound 12's. About $20.00 + per set but the tone is worth it. A bit darker tone than most strings and they seem to last much longer. Made in Austria

[andocrates]

20 bucks a set? I use Earnie Ball "Not even slinky" .12's five or six bucks a set

[patcatyak]

I try to have a balanced organic food diet. Some folks are happy eating at Mc Donalds.

[andocrates]

I'm like that about shirts. I pay 85 bucks for a shirt I could get at TJ Maxx for 30 bucks. I played a Les Paul mostly, then moved to a strat, now have Ibanez AF75 notice a trend?

[Volcanistry]

whops, ment neck , i sometimes get mixed up lol

[patcatyak]

Gibson L5 The definitive guitar tone other than the Gibson Super 400. Both are carved top arch top guitars that are tap tuned. That means the craftsman taps on the top to see if sound is balanced or needs more taken off to have the correct balance and tone.

[pnl1986]

hey matt may i know wat guitar are u using for this song?

[thvamvakoudes]

very helpful video....!!!!!

you are one of the best guitarists and composers i've ever seen.....

wish you the best..!!!

[alessiobrognoli]

thanx for this lesson!ciao from italy!

[ROFLMASTER1]

I really like your style and this tutorial. I'm having a hard time learning those chords though since I have never played them before, but it's worth it. Thanks mate! Cheers!

[WingedDude]

wow u send me to another world man.. i shall make use of ur teaching..

[dahooosta]

is there a backing track available?

[mikecadett]

Very nice.

[vmhh2006]

Very Nice!!,Great lesson,thanks,saludos desde MEXICO CITY!

[JT2662]

Any1 told u that u look like "Jack Bauer" from 24? lol....great lesson

[metalbone]

Great lesson, teaching alot knwoldge Thanks alot for making it and posting it

[AmbientGuitarSounds]

Very Nice!!! :)

[Mohdritman]

thanks, it's marvellous

[NijelBoswell]

I hear a trace of something... Dutch?

[tinian33]

I hear it too....

[dantz75]

im learning a lot for free

[ledu88]

this video really is a wealth of knowledge

thank you for your effort in making it

[slinkyoz]

Nice sound, man

[pollometalhead]

beautiful i love your musik

[mdluffy113]

nice

[OldSteamer]

Look at my channel maybe you will like the Music of my Band.

Soul of Music is Alive.

WAtch: "WAnted Contact"!!

Peace!

[firesniper20]

he looks like jack bauer

[superlucido]

you have 24 to safe your life... i'm going to kill you!

[pjrs78]

Hi Matt. I love your sound and music. What amps u use and how do you set u'r eq? Thank's

[SirFightsalot]

this is what i love about jazz all these chords u can do theres so much different variety in the music :) and btw very good job

[agocaligiuri]

putting a non-sense dissonant chords progression(like pinocchio)..you mean that art is?

that is "avanguardia",like some jonhn cage or stockhausen,

"art" is not unadventorous,but both not only mind-masturbating or speedy-gonzales-tempo-changes!­!

listen hancock-cantaloupe or freddie hubbard -little sunflower or pat metheny-the bat so can you talk about art...

or not?

[leonardaxe]

Haha. You´re missing the point. Bebop is first of all a RYTHMIC language. Masturbation is masturbation regardless of style. Also, did you miss for example Evans: very early, Shorter: Infant eyes or Coltrane: Giant steps??? Exactly what is it you find "harmonically sofisticated" with the tune here???

[agocaligiuri]

bebop can be harmonically simply ,thaths right.i only would to say that that style is intentionally unfair and fast-rhytmic "fragmented" phrases,it is created by bird and black musician to be a "breakthrough" to the sweetness of mainstream jazz..

in fact it is such another avant gard form of art!

that's the point

[agocaligiuri]

you don't answer me:

my point is:

what for you more expressive : a modal progression like this or so on like hubbard ..

or a ripetitive 2\5\1 pattern in major or minor tone like the tonal conception before modal..

modal is absolutely multicolored form

[leonardaxe]

To me, expression lies less in the harmonic form, and more in the way of shaping the melodies (solos) played over it. I play both modal and harmonic jazz myself. I just find bopbased players more versatile in general. But I´m aware that it is a generalization.

[agocaligiuri]

evans-time remembered,shorter -pinocchio,coltrane -impressions, love supreme.

you know wtf mean?

bebop is only a "cervellotico esercizio di stile".(-mental masturbation-),a SOCIAL breaktrough(and hard-bop and coleman-free jazz, so on)

not my opinion but certain MILES opinion.

not casually he brought a certain MODAL jazz.

ironically you talk about the best three masters about modal(SLOW) jazz!!!!

leonard,

youare skilled but bit confused..

i think so.

[leonardaxe]

The point YOU are missing, is that Coltrane, Evans and Shorter all mastered the HARMONIC jazz and BOP before moving on to the modal field - something many young westcoast players today forget, which leaves them with a far more banal and less sofisticated tonal and rythmic language than the masters.

[agocaligiuri]

you be free to be offensive,just fun for me.

don't be shy

[leonardaxe]

If you can play bebop, where mastery means you are not only able to deliver 8th note lines in tempos around 300bpm, with 2 chord changes/bar, but actually SAY SOMETHING while doing that, then there is no challenge in playing over a tune with a tempo around 80-100 bpm where you´ve got 2 bars/chord. And for "harmonic sofistication" - check out Ellington, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter or John Coltrane.

[leonardaxe]

The guitarist seems like a nice guy though, and I didn´t mean any offense to him or anybody else.

[mattotten]

leonardaxe: you're right. The problem with many bebop players is that they can perform the neat trick of playing at 300 bpm, but are NOT saying something. There are just not that many Charlie Parkers around. So, for anyone less than pure genius, I recommend to focus on sincerity and feeling, and not care about the number of chords per bar. I was a huge bebop fan (and still love it), but my wife, who is a singer, has a whole different intuitive approach to music, and I am sure it rubbed off

[mattotten]

secondly, I do not agree about the 'no challenge' bit: I know plenty of players that can improvise on Giant Steps, but have no idea how to play a convincing ballad.

[stringlov]

thanks for some good ideas and your talant

[agocaligiuri]

whatta kinda type are you leonardaxe??

what you fuc*** mean about "real" jazz???i've learned too many jazz theory and this ballad is very emotional and the changes are harmonically sophisticated.

[virtuousguitarplayer]

good, but these tecnics is very easy, we have the best tecnics and exercises. See our web site.

[jbulandres]

very good lesson, thanks :)

[leonardaxe]

It does sound like a background porn song. And he is NOT a great player. Don´t ever mistake this music for being jazz.

[LastDayInSin]

obviously you don't know shit about jazz

[lucikin]

I love these chords and changes.Its just unfortunate that west coast jazz has dominated all types of film soundtracks for years.Some of my less informed students say-" oh thats elevator music" as somehow or other elevators write or perform it or its specifically composed for elevators-some people love to talk in soundbites I guess!

[wes1324567]

kinda sounds like napolean dynomite music

[kontolgoreng]

no offence but it kinda sound like a background porn song...im sorry but im being honest... its good playing but at the begining it kinda sound like a porn background music... but it was a great song, keep it up

[oblivionmankind]

wow you're most likely the biggest dumbass around here, how come you think of porn? Maybe because all you do is wank and post negative comments?

[kontolgoreng]

How is that negative? i just said what i thought,and complimented his playing? What the hell is negative about that? Think before you post retard...

[oblivionmankind]

''no offence but it kinda sounds like a background pornsong''

THAT is offensive you fuckface

[kontolgoreng]

You know what.. i dont think im wrong here... He obviously put vids on youtube to get feedback, i stumbled across this gave my opinion, said he played good and also said what it sounded like at the beginning to ME.. I believe ive done nothing wrong and if i offended anyone i apologize, i did say no offence... and to the oblivionmankind, next time you want to argue bout something... just be a little more mature and think before you say something completely untrue

[Drizzt700]

seriously dude he freakin was just pointing out what he THOUGHT about it not wat it was so chill the fuck down and he said he was a good player so just go fuck with someone else faggot

[oblivionmankind]

hmm I guess you two just are a bunch of sad people with no regards of how your little opnions can offend or hurt someone.

@drizzt700: go fuck a goat

[Timwashere74]

I'd fuck a chick to this song.

[spuddle]

Am I the only one that thinks porn music rocks and thus this is a compliment.

Not that I watch porn for musical enjoyment or anything... :S

[t3nk0]

ok... that right what he said xDDDDD

while im chatting i thought that too xD

[pablosalinas9]

me costó un huevo aprenderme un par de esos acordes :@

jaja q groso, el jazz es un mundo aparte

[cxzcxzccc]

excellent playing,..../great guitar?/help my get some free notes,maby some webs for free notes

[UrukTheRed]

The melodies are great, but I think this song could use a kick in the ass a bit, Chris Poland style. That "turn-your-tone-knob-down" jazz thing, especially with flatwounds just sounds too round.

[1SharpDressedMan]

Im a huge fan of your music mr otten. This video is fantastic! it helped me out quite alot

[TheDonBLYND]

dude he does look like bauer! if he was wispering loudly instead of talking, i'd be freaked out!!

btw doesn't sutherland play the guitar? and have a custom colour after him by gibson?

[tanselturna]

you look like jack bauer

[tedhellcaster]

damn pretty chords. reminds me of eric johnson

[doublearejazz]

hey cool man - u have good sound !

:-)

wonna c how 2 improvise on bach music ?

look 4 vid:

"bach sarabande jazz guitar"

regards

[Ludasz]

Great Great Great tone did You use flatwounds??

[MarcelMaier]

Sometimes the easiest melodies can touch your heart more than complicated very technical licks...

I love this kind of Smooth Jazz and yea the sound is lovely too...

[TimiHendrix86]

hey, how'd you get that tone? I've been trying to figure out to get a tone like that for a while but I can't get it. I play a Gibson Les Paul through a peavey classic 30.

[keagankeagankeagan]

Pick up a hollow body. You're not going to sound like that with an lp.

[bewnet]

smooth jazz guitar just melts me away...

[jbulandres]

that sounds so smoooooooooooooothhhh... reminds me of relaxing on a resort at night

[mydejavooo1]

Holy crap!  It IS Jack Bauer!! "Damnit!!"

[YurtleTheTurtle]

you look like jack bauer

[DAVEBLISS2007]

Now that is how a jazz guitar should sound, very sweet. Thanks

[Mikelikes2rock]

That's great man. Love the tone. I may have learned a thing or two from this lesson.

[garciada8586]

where are you from mate? antarctica? just kidding? your accent is cool but where is it from?

[garciada8586]

you are from the netherlands and you are a great musician. i am a musician and i admire your skills.

[styrofoamtomato]

gorgeous TONE!

[dscsasjs2007]

this one is in my favourites, thanks!

[LONGLONG000]

ok, thumbs up

[doublearejazz]

good sound..

..you wonna see/hear something realy innovative - ..how to improvise bach or mozart ..?!

look for video : "bach sarabande jazz guitar"

or go to renatorozic dot com /audio/bach  or audio/mozat..

..you ll astonish !

:-)

[diegodolcetti]

What a lesson!really thank you...gracias por tu video.

[DukeMelon]

My god! Congratulation. Very nteresting sounds in the background and wonderful guitar tone. How many Wes Montgomery tunes did you heard?! :D

May I ask you what kind of ampli do you use? I use a VOX AC30, and I play an Ibanez PM 100 with Daddario Chromes 013.

[vhsTenor2529]

man how do you get that tone? it sounds so good.

[Staticbursts]

Beatiful tone, and nice lesson. Thanks.

[MAnuciao79]

hey thanks man....but did you play the bassline as well? Or is it a real bass..

[Raffo65]

tnx for sharing your knowledge.

[bitcheznhos]

sweet tone, are those chromes or flats? i got 12 chromes on my jazz box

[pakyvaccaro72]

SEMPLICEMENTE FANTASTICO ...GRANDE

[shabani76]

Thanks for this!! ...good stuff!

[snarfergarfer]

Great, thanks!

[oiciruam7]

XDDD si igualito. Hi man nice playing, that guitar sound beautiful, had u made some improvements to it? what amp u are using?

[escrib80]

ta q...Jack Bauer enseñando guitarra. MI LU CUMU