MasterThatRiff 27! - Miles Davis "So What"

[adamskio123]

thanks mate - you're a star!

[sacredgeometry]

Awesome! How did I miss this!

[dimitriosmichael]

great work buddy.

[TheMajoto]

you and the french guy give the best lessons by far thank you so much

[cowedbywisdom]

Great lesson. You're a very good teacher.

[OgreDaddy]

The AF105NT has become my favorite go to guitar.

The guitar can be mellow and jazzy, great blues tones or flat out rock the house.

[skok65]

Beautiful guitar!

[bedacoals]

ok...  I wasn't aware of the Benson version. I learned it from the '78 Real Book, which has Miles original version.

Regards,

R~

[bedacoals]

I'm not sure if you're aware that what you're playing As the melody is actually what one could call a harmony to the original riff.

Being there's no melody on the treble clef, only chord placements, the melody resides on the bass clef.

Transposed to the treble clef the notes played are: D,A,B,C,D,E,C,D.

Everything else you got spot on.

No dis-respect intended here. Over all, what your doing is a great and much needed service.

Regards,

R~

[mastertheguitar]

Yeah as the double bass is playing the riff on the original this is an arrangement for the sonic range of the guitar. The first D played on the bass is ignored here, instead a grace note to the A is played to keep the groove. In fact it's very similar to George Benson's fantastic version. It's such an iconic riff that even playing it up in a higher register would work too. :)

[quietstormprod]

thanks. love your teaching style - precise and quick! keep the vids coming! =)

[larslaughs]

Hi Mark,

I love this too, and really appreciate your skills as an educator.

I'd like to second the request for Take 5. After learning this, I started working on that on my own. THEN I read these comments...

Cheers, and I'll see you at the Six String Bliss Forum!

Larry

[topperspoppers]

you're videos are awesome... check out a band called MVP (Mark Varney Project) they do this awesome cover of this song! The band is Shawn Lane and Brett Garsed..

[mastertheguitar]

Thanks! MVP was fab, I have Truth In Shredding ( Gambale and Holdsworth ) and Centrifugal Funk (Gambale, Lane and Garsed), awesome albums :)

[jess1541]

You own mostly ibanez's? I can see that.

[mastertheguitar]

Indeed, they are great guitars :).

[clovis2012]

Wow..I had no idea the Carvin Legacy could sound decent in a jazz setting with a jazz guitar...

[jmsbk12345]

This is great Mark. Would it please be possible to show us a few of the lead lines in this or are you just soloing in the minor keys. Just a few key licks would be great.

Thanks, John.

[wizhack]

You are very good ! I would be very happy if you put TAKE FIVE on your video one of thoses day *****

[zaqmlp1234]

great dude

[dronai]

Love this !!!

[ronpurser]

Great to see this song! Love modal jazz. Thanks for explaining it!

Ron

[Sizeofanocean007]

Great. I see you've finally put the wooden bridge on the Af105 :-D, mine sounds so much better with it. I'd like to see more of them jazz riffs too, but I guess your personal preference is more metal-y :-)

[mastertheguitar]

There will be more Jazz riffs in the future as well as other stuff. Tis all cool music :).

[Sizeofanocean007]

You're absolutely right, I love (some) metal too. It's just that I don't like to play it :-D Anyway, keep up the good work, and thanks.

[topcatyo]

Amazing stuff, keep up the great work!

[paulsimpsonmusic]

Brilliant :)

Though by coincidence, I taught myself this tune a few weeks ago.

[magio420]

great.... thank

[loppyboy3]

cool ! :P

[Lahed92801]

brilliant YET AGAIN!