great, now i can play like scofield - thanks, Korg Globocapitocorpinc, LLC!
wife and i went to hear scofield in a small town here in MO. when we got to the box office the band was dispersing from soundcheck. walking down the street we saw scofield in a coffee house, looking at the art on the walls - just passing time. my wife wanted to go talk to him, but, recalling this video, i figured he was probably too polite to turn away anyone who wanted a piece of his time. so we left him alone
One fall day back in '84 I was a frosh at Berklee, and just 17. A brand new acquaintance had told me that John Schofield was doing a 'day clinic' at the Perf. Center on Mass Ave. But before we made our way to the venue, we stopped in a tiny local park and fired up some Thai bud (the only real-quality strain avail in Boston in those 'old' days :) My point is that what followed was one of the greatest musical memories I will ever have in my own life. John just blew us all out of the stratosphere
Anybody who things Scofield's not technically skilled apparently hasn't actually listened to John Scofield. He's not a shredder, I guess, but there are very few players with as much finesse and control over the instrument as Scofield. He can also play extremely fast - check out "Peculiar" with the Metropole Orchestra (search "John Scofield Peculiar" on YouTube).
The berklee guitar book has a simple melody called "from sea to sea" and of-course it is from C to C. I think Scofield had a little moment there recalling his first days at berklee.
Funny to see how such great guitarist like Sco has a rather lame alternate picking technique!
You can find 100s of 13 old shredders on youtube so could run that chromatic excercise impeccably at 3x or more Sco's speed!
Yet, musically, he is light years ahead of anybody!
I find it rather reassuring...again, technique is NOT music. It's all about note choices, feel, time, ideas, and finally the technique you need to execute that musicality. Sco has just the amount of technique he needs for that!
@chumbo how is alternate picking lame, its one of the most efficient and effective picking techniques. by the way, Sco also has incredible chops, he's just very selective about where and when he uses them.
@eyebonez13 Where did I say alt picking is lame?? I said Sco's alt picking technique in this video demo is rather lame when compared to other amateur youtube shredders. If you're not convinced of that, let me know, I could probably hook you up with about 100 videos of unknown kids that could play that exercise 2, 3x faster and impeccably. For the rest, I totally agree, yes he has incredibly chops, just not the straight alt picking thing. And it doesn't matter. He's the greatest anyway! :-)
@chumbo it's more like jazz phrasing really isn't conducive to alternate picking, since it's mostly approaches to chord tones and weaving in and out of arpeggios, this results in mostly uneven groupings of notes on strings. In other words...lots of economy picking.
@chumbo i definitely agree that musically he's light years ahead. i'm sure he decided early on that the sound of alternate picking every single note was not conductive to the "feel" and sound he wanted to get out of his instrument. harmonically his knowledge of the entire fretboard is about as thorough as it gets. he put in the 10's of thousands of hours in the woodshed that it takes to truly become a master.
This "lesson" would be interesting and useful if it were interesting and/or useful. Korg is making money; Scofield is making money, and I'm wasting my time watching crap like this.
This would be a helpful and useful lesson if it were the least bit helpful or useful. Korg is making money; Scofield is making money, and I wasted my time.
You gotta love this..John your dry sense of humor is classic..I feel like that when I teach lessons sometimes as well...
It's like hey people..learn the scales, use the metronome, learn some tunes, and hopefully you have a good feel and sound..other than that it's pretty much up to you..
practice practice practice,,,all you budding scofileds.
John Scofield certainly is one of the great jazz guitarist of the past decades. His technique is another approach on how you can better your playing. Not much of a technician but a fine musician. keep posting.
i saw john with his rhtym & blues band. they were brilliant, so much fun they seem to have on stage
contremisart 3 weeks ago
great, now i can play like scofield - thanks, Korg Globocapitocorpinc, LLC!
wife and i went to hear scofield in a small town here in MO. when we got to the box office the band was dispersing from soundcheck. walking down the street we saw scofield in a coffee house, looking at the art on the walls - just passing time. my wife wanted to go talk to him, but, recalling this video, i figured he was probably too polite to turn away anyone who wanted a piece of his time. so we left him alone
SensibleMusician 3 weeks ago
He sets it at 132
edwardshaw1 1 month ago
aahh!!! era asi!! con ese metronomo!! vamos todos a comprarlo y listo! a tocar como scofied!!
FreePlayJazz 3 months ago
"i think everyone does certain phrases just to see if their instrument is working."
well said!
danogzilla 3 months ago
Scofield is a more refined version of "The Dude" I'm sure he'd disagree with that reference.
THEINVENTABLETHREAT 5 months ago
He was not satisfied the money he received from korg, haha. He got bored, u r right dudes :)
ymelfilm 6 months ago
that is very funny!
meanmud1 9 months ago
He looks sooooo bored
TheJoeGrosso 10 months ago
The real Sco is at 2:04...
islandmusicpro 11 months ago
His voice sounds a little bit like John Frusciante's voice. ;D
falconserek 11 months ago 2
@falconserek ooooh yeh it so does!
EJ1202 11 months ago
@falconserek Dude, I always think that. Good to know other noticed. I bet Scofield could sing well too. John's falsetto is great.
francisco444 9 months ago
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falconserek 9 months ago
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@francisco444 That's true. And in my opinion John Frusciante is the best guitarist of all time. ;) Greetz!
falconserek 9 months ago
how much $ he did doing that ;)
RealKyloss 1 year ago
One fall day back in '84 I was a frosh at Berklee, and just 17. A brand new acquaintance had told me that John Schofield was doing a 'day clinic' at the Perf. Center on Mass Ave. But before we made our way to the venue, we stopped in a tiny local park and fired up some Thai bud (the only real-quality strain avail in Boston in those 'old' days :) My point is that what followed was one of the greatest musical memories I will ever have in my own life. John just blew us all out of the stratosphere
nonewmccarthyism 1 year ago
Hahhha... He sounds a little like Jeff Bridges... The dude teaches guitar.. hahah take that metronome dude.
MusicalEnthusiast 1 year ago 2
So Scofield is an engineer, an escaping genius AND a guitar player/teacher. Amazing.
mokaszin 1 year ago
Anybody who things Scofield's not technically skilled apparently hasn't actually listened to John Scofield. He's not a shredder, I guess, but there are very few players with as much finesse and control over the instrument as Scofield. He can also play extremely fast - check out "Peculiar" with the Metropole Orchestra (search "John Scofield Peculiar" on YouTube).
ojnabieoot 1 year ago 2
The berklee guitar book has a simple melody called "from sea to sea" and of-course it is from C to C. I think Scofield had a little moment there recalling his first days at berklee.
BorysPomianek 1 year ago
OMG, I can't believe JS is using a pick ....
teatown 1 year ago
@teatown I think he's pretty much always used a pick.....
boxcarchris 1 year ago 2
From 'C' to Shining 'C'! I don't mind that he is not perfect...who cares, what are you doing?
FingersPlainview 1 year ago
From 'C' to Shining 'C'!
FingersPlainview 1 year ago
Funny to see how such great guitarist like Sco has a rather lame alternate picking technique!
You can find 100s of 13 old shredders on youtube so could run that chromatic excercise impeccably at 3x or more Sco's speed!
Yet, musically, he is light years ahead of anybody!
I find it rather reassuring...again, technique is NOT music. It's all about note choices, feel, time, ideas, and finally the technique you need to execute that musicality. Sco has just the amount of technique he needs for that!
chumbo 1 year ago
@chumbo how is alternate picking lame, its one of the most efficient and effective picking techniques. by the way, Sco also has incredible chops, he's just very selective about where and when he uses them.
eyebonez13 1 year ago
@eyebonez13 Where did I say alt picking is lame?? I said Sco's alt picking technique in this video demo is rather lame when compared to other amateur youtube shredders. If you're not convinced of that, let me know, I could probably hook you up with about 100 videos of unknown kids that could play that exercise 2, 3x faster and impeccably. For the rest, I totally agree, yes he has incredibly chops, just not the straight alt picking thing. And it doesn't matter. He's the greatest anyway! :-)
chumbo 1 year ago
@chumbo it's more like jazz phrasing really isn't conducive to alternate picking, since it's mostly approaches to chord tones and weaving in and out of arpeggios, this results in mostly uneven groupings of notes on strings. In other words...lots of economy picking.
emixolydian 1 year ago
@chumbo i definitely agree that musically he's light years ahead. i'm sure he decided early on that the sound of alternate picking every single note was not conductive to the "feel" and sound he wanted to get out of his instrument. harmonically his knowledge of the entire fretboard is about as thorough as it gets. he put in the 10's of thousands of hours in the woodshed that it takes to truly become a master.
mcj3691 1 year ago
For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.
pswoods 1 year ago 3
For Sco, 7 and 4 are interchangeable...
Bebopopotamus 1 year ago 2
hey good man!!
fastjazzguitar 1 year ago
lol itz funny how he yells "And Then!!!" at 3:40 XD
AfroThunder0071 1 year ago
This "lesson" would be interesting and useful if it were interesting and/or useful. Korg is making money; Scofield is making money, and I'm wasting my time watching crap like this.
gasforus 1 year ago 6
This would be a helpful and useful lesson if it were the least bit helpful or useful. Korg is making money; Scofield is making money, and I wasted my time.
gasforus 1 year ago
SCO!
mindingosafado 1 year ago
anyone know why the metronome is in 7/4 on all the examples?
simonjeans 2 years ago
@simonjeans must be a mistake in the programming because he plays all the exercises in 4/4, ignoring the "beep" at the start of each bar of 7.
saturdayssonmusic 1 year ago
awesome
brainchildroy 2 years ago
the way he says "it warms you up" - AMAZING
mrgone78 2 years ago
hahaha 'take that metronome'
it feels rather cruel to subject john to this metronomous exercise, him being someone whose natural phrasing seems to tease timing every time..
freakshowXES 2 years ago 32
@freakshowXES well how do you think he got there?
Bebopopotamus 1 year ago
@freakshowXES it's all the metronome practicing that got him so good at teasing time!
tedgotsoul 1 year ago
@freakshowXES Very well articulated bro lol
epiclife247 7 months ago
john you are the best your music is enough, thank you
EstudioBlack 2 years ago 2
makes it look so easy.
MrElvern 2 years ago
Well, he's no robot, but I'll take his technique any day. ;-)
nevikmoore 2 years ago 2
not much of a technician? Whatever...
sharktroubles 2 years ago 2
can anyone post tabs to these demonstrations
arsonexp 2 years ago
You gotta love this..John your dry sense of humor is classic..I feel like that when I teach lessons sometimes as well...
It's like hey people..learn the scales, use the metronome, learn some tunes, and hopefully you have a good feel and sound..other than that it's pretty much up to you..
practice practice practice,,,all you budding scofileds.
AllthatIamisLove 2 years ago 3
Oh man he looks bored haha
VicDun 2 years ago 4
"take that metronome" ..hahah! good one' :D
huhupao 2 years ago 19
John Scofield certainly is one of the great jazz guitarist of the past decades. His technique is another approach on how you can better your playing. Not much of a technician but a fine musician. keep posting.
farley528 2 years ago 5