It must be clear to all that this man is a rare bird indeed! How many certified original "Jazzers" have we left to injest and learn the craft from!!!! ? To see earlier posts suggesting that RC is not really playing that just goes to show how easy it is for this "gold dust" players ability to fall on uneducated and deaf ears. Such a shame that these individuals will not benefit from his unique persona and history, whereas others probably less fusses over and blessed, will!!
I find this lacking in rhythm. But still, it's clear this man has skill. To be able ot play fluently like this, one has to know the fretboard, and know it well.
@geetarust That's the actual solo he teaches you to play in the DVD lesson. I have the Conti DVD and the Truefire version of this lesson. Read the description of the video.
what scale is that? and where do you put your passthrough notes? I've been working on this for a while and i just can't seem to get it to sound, for lack of a better word, jazzy
The "Jazzy" quality you seek is based on two simultaneous musical ideas : The changes are Bebop blues (e.g. Blues for Alice. (I, VII-7b5, IIIalt..etc) The melodies are based on a Cmaj scale embellished with the G#, B, D and F dim arpeggio.
The other major idea is a rhythmic suspension. Notice how the first note of the phrases are upbeats.
The trick here is to suspend the front of the phrase, using the dim tones and upbeats and then LANDING on more conventional chord tones
music is music and notes are notes. in essence, music is a language. the only difference between between any two genres of music is how you express yourself.
@whiteej21 yeah man.I know what you mean-truthfully,in the area of improvisation-this is where I am EXACTLY at this point in the game...I am learning ideas by rote. I am going to get there someday.
@kingofskateop now think, mix the heaviness and the feeling of the metal, with a good intention, and a jazz mentality and the jazz style, thats my point in the evolution of music, of metal and jazz music only, a pretty good result
(also , when talkin about metal, you should consider clean vocals, female vocals and christian metal bands, its not all about evil, its a style)
@elmingodotcom I was just kidding! You are free to listen what you really want to play. But jazz is simple, purified from ego, a sufism. But metal is the expressions of ego, anger to the humanity and self. They are completely opposite! And yes, for me jazz is the limit of all kind of musics. You can blend it with the east-west melodies. Its the perfect/last form that the music could be ever evolved...
@Hoopermazing fuck you assholes if u really are the great gift from god musicians you say you are then you should realize jazz is isnt the greatest style of music but niether is metal how can you critisize metal just because you dont like it you ignorant fools!
@kingofskateop@Hoopermazing fuck you assholes if u really are the great gift from god musicians you say you are then you should realize jazz is isnt the greatest style of music but niether is metal how can you critisize metal just because you dont like it you ignorant fools!
@Hoopermazing ill give you that .yes i have a pointy guitar and im 15 but
1. i dont smoke meth 2. i dont live in rural shithole 3.i dont play pentatonics and with thrashy distortion .so fuk off u dnt know me and i bet you couldnt even come close 2 the caliber of shredding of jeff loomis,chris broderick,or me so keep your retarded close[-minded comments 2 yourself you jazz-cunt p.s i can probably play jazz better than you anyway..
@gshredder5150 As I told you, or at least implied, previously, I'm not an adolescent white-trash meth-head with tattoos on my knuckles. Thus, I don't give a rat's ass about Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick--however the hell they are--or you. Nor do I care how adeptly you can "shred" or even whether you are a better jazz guitarist than I, however absurdly unlikely that might be. You're a tasteless teen age idiot. So, it's to be expected that you would be a dumb-ass and like a lot of horrid crap.
@gshredder5150 the reason i metioned those METAL guitarists is because you call their music tasteless and crappy but it complies with all the laws of music theory and is also melodic and furthermore your so set in your ways you insult an entire genre of music.also i have no reason to believe your white trash or have tattoos i never said you did and who are you to tell me im tasteless just because i like metal and no i am not ingnorant your are for for being tasteless and hateful of metal
@gshredder5150 First please don't humiliate yourself such nonsense words. 2nd, I don't hate metal. And 3rd, I used to listen the darkest metal music you can imagine, but when I was at high school. Jazz isn't about the "Standards". Jazz is an improvisation with sophisticated combination of musical theory and feelings. For Mike Stern: "Life is a lot like Jazz... It's best when you improvise". For me, one of the real jazz-rock/metal is Mahavishnu Orchestra! So listen/read more and grow a little!
@kingofskateop yes but in 1 of your earlier comments you refer to metal as trailer trash bullshit which might lead me to the conclusion you are close minded and hate metal and also i dont know nor do i care how heavy a metal you used to listen to because you insulted it now and seem to forget that all metal isnt just dethgrowls and pentatonics it can be melodic, improvised or whatever else makes jazz music superior than other genres.
@gshredder5150 Jazz is not the superior music. Have you listened Sumerian, Ancient Greek/Egypt, Macedonian, Byzantine or Ottoman music? They are the most simple, but superior music for me. Metal holds the most simple hatred, anger, protest grains inside it. I'm changed a lot since the highschool, so now I just can't take anything related to hate anymore. Thats why I just can't see jazz and metal together. Their existences are completely opposite, so I can't find any harmony (not just musical).
@kingofskateop it can be about pain and suffering, it can just be about youthful fun.it can be about anything, it can be about hate, yes, but its foolish to say that that is the definition of metal.
@JackDaPicker 1. It wasnt directed to you 2. The @guitarzilla means it is "AT" guitarzilla. 3. my point is that the person (third party) guitarzilla was talking to is an ignorant douche. Mind your own business if it don;t concern you and stop trying to find things wrong with coherent statements in an effort to make yourself seem like a critic. If guitarzilla (whom my statement was directed) read what i said, he'd would know what I meant, and that is what matters.
If you're gonna bitch at someone for addressing your public message then write a private message to guitarzilla instead. I can assure you that no one would miss your trollish immature comments if you didn't write them in here.
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@Hoopermazing@Hoopermazing fuck you assholes if u really are the great gift from god musicians you say you are then you should realize jazz is isnt the greatest style of music but niether is metal how can you critisize metal just because you dont like it you ignorant fools!
@prostape -- when musicians have really sound theory, its difficult to pick up mistakes and an idle mind will begin to wander. unfortunately, really good music often comes off with a generic sound to novices, in about 5-10 years you'll be able to appreciate this kind of sound! cheerio
ofcourse he has to know what the chords are, whether he hears them or he has the tune memorized, and its not that the best improvisers are past the thought of knowing the chords, it like saying Mathmeticians are past the point of addition, they just know it so well, its like second hand to them.
He doesn't have to "know" what the chords are. He hears the chords sounding, his mind responds with notes and he plays them. The best improvisers are well past the days of thinking "Now what is this chord called?"
Really good playing but I don't think he knows what chords he is playing against. Its problem with many jazz players they play scales and dont listen. For example you can tell George Benson is aware of the background chord at any given moment.
if you think he doesn't know what chords are playing you are dead wrong, and if you can't hear that he's playing the changes then your ear needs work.
Mr. Conti! Awesome and with so much passion and feeling!
You love the Guitar!
You remind me of my Dad who used to play Jazz Guitar here in the islands of Hawaii! We regret that we did not record him because we didn't have the technology that we have now!
But, all we need to do is watch you on Youtube and we get blessed and of course Cry! Awesome, Awesome Jazz Guitarist!
A comment about improvisation from a player of classical, jazz, and country for over 45 years. Mambazo is spot on. A jazz guitarist does not play licks. He or she plays what they hear in their head. At a certain point what you hear becomes manifest as music you play. Of course knowing the chords and structure of a song and a melody is the foundation over which you play. But it's like singing. You don't sing one word at a time. You sing a phrase. Playing jazz guitar is like that.
how do u think that far ahead of yourself when u improvise ... i can do it at a much slower tempo but i guess jazz just doesnt flow with me or somthing
sure, licks help only if you get stuck, but the real meat of jazz improv is being able to play what you hear in your head, in real-time. Not many players actually do this. :)
I'm not on about "playing lick x subconsciously", I'm talking about melodic lines made up on the spot, not ones you remember :P Its not easy to explain. Rather than playing licks you know, subconsciously or not, the aim is to play absolutely any melodic combination of notes, on the fly, without hesitation. The same as singing a new phrase, and at the exact same time, playing it on the guitar. Not a phrase you learned before, but something totally new that you can hear in your head.
You do not understand what I'm saying. I don't think you understand what improvisation is, or is about. You don't ignore every lick and every run you've ever used at the expense of playing a unique melodic idea over and over. You use the structure and basis of the things you know to manipulate the things you've learned to be stylistically your own and come out with your own nuances and ideas in your playing.
i agree. when i learnt how to play blues i just learnt solos and licks off other guitarist and now when i play i don't even think about it i just play what i feel. same for jazz or any style i believe
mambazo5 is right. but only to a certain point..listen to any great jazz player.they certainly don't make up all those runs on the spot..they're learned..and they don't just help "when you're stuck",they sow together the melodic bits that are more spontaneously improvised..no matter what anyone says. people don't just come up with completely new things on the fly--they build a vocabulary of melody..not in the instruments, but in their ear--like a singer-and that doesn't make it any less magical
Notes are like words and when you string them together they form licks and phases and eventually musical ideas ,paragraphs and stories. When you speak you don't think in terms of the individual words but you have an idea and the words come out as second nature to convey that idea. This is how Pat Metheny one of the great improvisers on the guitar describes improvisation.
Obviously Pat's vocabulary is enormous, but the facility he has is based on a huge melodic vocabulary.
this is opinionated and irrelevant to enjoying music.
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learn to just listen, not every thought has to be shared with an opinionated audience. all the time spent arguing, think how much more music you could have discovered in that time. let things go already.
nah, i think guernseyman is bang on, he's giving insight into how someone begins to learn to play that fluidly, how he's not making up every note on the spot, he's putting together micro ideas to play something that seems like an entire seemless thought process. He's probably listened to it closer than you and got more out of it, otherwise he wouldn't take the time to write his thoughts, ur just looking to shoot him down. You let it go
That left hand is like a spider walking along those frets, lol...this cats got 8 fingers on each hand, he is incredible, puts many "so called guitarists " to shame.
It almost sounds as if everytime he does a line he comes in slightly late and then catches up which sounds delayed then rushed....does anyone else hear that?
This is an excerpt from one of the complete solos he teaches in his educational DVDs (I have all 15 volumes in his improv series). When compared to his live performances, I have also noticed that he seems to hold back a little in his educational DVDs. I suspect the reason is not to make things to complex for the viewer. Take a minute to watch him play on Bluesette, Cherokee etc. He is an unbelievable player and even better teacher.
A monster player, I cant imagine why anyone would criticize this. If I am not mistaken he has a unique approach (well most great musicians do), but a non-scale or modal approach. Tried to find out more on the web but just ran into a lot of promotional stuff. If you take time to bash this, you have too much time. Shit I would play with a canned band anywhere with chops like his.
I love his concept of time. It almost reminds me of Charlie Parker. In his longer runs, you'll be like on the edge of your seat waiting for a mistake, but it never comes, and he comes back in with perfect time. Excellent!
I get a kick out of the idiots who say his timing is off. Conti is by far the best player out there today. Everyone else puts me to sleep and the best part is he never went to any school. Perhaps that's what makes him the best because music schools have no passion.
luvylovesme, you're a complete idiot for saying that. Conti is a pro. His style is notes, lots of them and every single line he plays fits harmonically. Just because you don't like it, don't say his timing is lame, you couldn't be more wrong. And who are you to even say his timing is off? Check out his chord melody stuff, it's the best I've ever seen anywhere.
It must be clear to all that this man is a rare bird indeed! How many certified original "Jazzers" have we left to injest and learn the craft from!!!! ? To see earlier posts suggesting that RC is not really playing that just goes to show how easy it is for this "gold dust" players ability to fall on uneducated and deaf ears. Such a shame that these individuals will not benefit from his unique persona and history, whereas others probably less fusses over and blessed, will!!
Pearls before SWINES!
Cabbycabbage 3 weeks ago
33 people just don't get why he is what he is and how he is what he is(those bums)!
Gxyz222 1 month ago
The Godfather of Jazz Guitar.
Jplent1 1 month ago 2
I find this lacking in rhythm. But still, it's clear this man has skill. To be able ot play fluently like this, one has to know the fretboard, and know it well.
moneyquickeasy 4 months ago
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Fjord76 5 months ago in playlist Jazz lick from bebop-guitar.com1
fake...he is not really playing that
UmbrellaFitzgerald 5 months ago
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@UmbrellaFitzgerald what makes you think he is not?
gietek 3 months ago
very amazing.. but i much rather hear a piano do that riff for a jazz song.. tbh .
carlostn 6 months ago
an artist and true craftsmen.
Xelanderthomas 9 months ago
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing... :(
Fjord76 9 months ago
GREAT PLAYING NUMERO UNO BRAVO;YOU ARE IN THE LIST OF TOP JAZZ MUSICIANS.
TheVinc67 11 months ago
Robert Conti, any relation to Bill Conti?
tuv45 1 year ago
He's gonna make you an offer you can't refuse !
peedutt 1 year ago 10
this isnt a lesson .fuck i can play fast all day as my student just sits and watches me.nice playin though
geetarust 1 year ago
@geetarust That's the actual solo he teaches you to play in the DVD lesson. I have the Conti DVD and the Truefire version of this lesson. Read the description of the video.
JackDaPicker 1 year ago
De Niro!!!
Zevonfan524 1 year ago
best genres in my opinion are bebop, funk, flamenco,progressive metal and bossa nova
Amazongrassmonster 1 year ago
how is this a lesson
disturbedsengi 1 year ago
what scale is that? and where do you put your passthrough notes? I've been working on this for a while and i just can't seem to get it to sound, for lack of a better word, jazzy
afroman1419 1 year ago
@afroman1419
The "Jazzy" quality you seek is based on two simultaneous musical ideas : The changes are Bebop blues (e.g. Blues for Alice. (I, VII-7b5, IIIalt..etc) The melodies are based on a Cmaj scale embellished with the G#, B, D and F dim arpeggio.
The other major idea is a rhythmic suspension. Notice how the first note of the phrases are upbeats.
The trick here is to suspend the front of the phrase, using the dim tones and upbeats and then LANDING on more conventional chord tones
TV3020001A 1 year ago
The Godfather Part IIII : Jazz Mobsters
niteridr666 1 year ago
@niteridr666 Hahahaaa.
nickJod1234 8 months ago
Great Robert.. love you
ADDIE
ADDIElilqueenie 1 year ago
he makes it look so easy lol
daud1990 1 year ago
music is music and notes are notes. in essence, music is a language. the only difference between between any two genres of music is how you express yourself.
qsmoothy 1 year ago
That's a beautiful guitar!
Bmeinemusic 1 year ago
@HendrixcommaMartin the tempo is medium...the lines are fast.
unibomber111 1 year ago
@HendrixcommaMartin the tempo is medium...the lines are fast.
unibomber111 1 year ago
hey man great - here some really fast!! :-)
fastjazzguitar 1 year ago
this sounds so smooth
skaterjim55 1 year ago
So freakin' awesome
lycaon57950 1 year ago
Great Bob!
Beppeblues 1 year ago
Dudee this guy is awesome. For a guy with big hands, he can sure solo flawlessly. It's like watching a dancin' butterfly.
lmarquez992 1 year ago 4
@whiteej21 yeah man.I know what you mean-truthfully,in the area of improvisation-this is where I am EXACTLY at this point in the game...I am learning ideas by rote. I am going to get there someday.
Guitfiddlejase 1 year ago
nice, im working on metal, jazz, progressive improvisation this really inspires
elmingodotcom 1 year ago
beware of jazz, head banger!!! :D
kingofskateop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop ok, but why? there´s no limits in music and its good to play a variety of genres
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kingofskateop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop now think, mix the heaviness and the feeling of the metal, with a good intention, and a jazz mentality and the jazz style, thats my point in the evolution of music, of metal and jazz music only, a pretty good result
(also , when talkin about metal, you should consider clean vocals, female vocals and christian metal bands, its not all about evil, its a style)
elmingodotcom 1 year ago
@elmingodotcom I was just kidding! You are free to listen what you really want to play. But jazz is simple, purified from ego, a sufism. But metal is the expressions of ego, anger to the humanity and self. They are completely opposite! And yes, for me jazz is the limit of all kind of musics. You can blend it with the east-west melodies. Its the perfect/last form that the music could be ever evolved...
kingofskateop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop You're a fatalist... How could music evolve with people like you ?
FastBebop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop Metal is repetitive trailer trash bullshit learned by rote.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing Yes, metal is like feeling of regret after masturbation...
kingofskateop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop ...only the paint-huffing bastards who like metal are too stupid to feel shame.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing fuck you assholes if u really are the great gift from god musicians you say you are then you should realize jazz is isnt the greatest style of music but niether is metal how can you critisize metal just because you dont like it you ignorant fools!
gshredder5150 1 year ago
@gshredder5150 Go smoke another bowl of meth and then make some more noise banging on your pointy guitar, white-trash.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@kingofskateop @Hoopermazing fuck you assholes if u really are the great gift from god musicians you say you are then you should realize jazz is isnt the greatest style of music but niether is metal how can you critisize metal just because you dont like it you ignorant fools!
gshredder5150 1 year ago
@gshredder5150 That's simple. I can criticize it because...
A: it is simplistic pentatonic garbage.
B: because I'm not a maladjusted teen age misfit, living in some rural shithole.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing ill give you that .yes i have a pointy guitar and im 15 but
1. i dont smoke meth 2. i dont live in rural shithole 3.i dont play pentatonics and with thrashy distortion .so fuk off u dnt know me and i bet you couldnt even come close 2 the caliber of shredding of jeff loomis,chris broderick,or me so keep your retarded close[-minded comments 2 yourself you jazz-cunt p.s i can probably play jazz better than you anyway..
gshredder5150 1 year ago
@gshredder5150 As I told you, or at least implied, previously, I'm not an adolescent white-trash meth-head with tattoos on my knuckles. Thus, I don't give a rat's ass about Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick--however the hell they are--or you. Nor do I care how adeptly you can "shred" or even whether you are a better jazz guitarist than I, however absurdly unlikely that might be. You're a tasteless teen age idiot. So, it's to be expected that you would be a dumb-ass and like a lot of horrid crap.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
@gshredder5150 the reason i metioned those METAL guitarists is because you call their music tasteless and crappy but it complies with all the laws of music theory and is also melodic and furthermore your so set in your ways you insult an entire genre of music.also i have no reason to believe your white trash or have tattoos i never said you did and who are you to tell me im tasteless just because i like metal and no i am not ingnorant your are for for being tasteless and hateful of metal
gshredder5150 1 year ago
@Hoopermazing also i you want to prove me wrong just ty6p in jazz metal dnt think just do it and shut your mouth an btw how old are you creepo?
gshredder5150 1 year ago
@gshredder5150 First please don't humiliate yourself such nonsense words. 2nd, I don't hate metal. And 3rd, I used to listen the darkest metal music you can imagine, but when I was at high school. Jazz isn't about the "Standards". Jazz is an improvisation with sophisticated combination of musical theory and feelings. For Mike Stern: "Life is a lot like Jazz... It's best when you improvise". For me, one of the real jazz-rock/metal is Mahavishnu Orchestra! So listen/read more and grow a little!
kingofskateop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop yes but in 1 of your earlier comments you refer to metal as trailer trash bullshit which might lead me to the conclusion you are close minded and hate metal and also i dont know nor do i care how heavy a metal you used to listen to because you insulted it now and seem to forget that all metal isnt just dethgrowls and pentatonics it can be melodic, improvised or whatever else makes jazz music superior than other genres.
gshredder5150 1 year ago
@gshredder5150 Jazz is not the superior music. Have you listened Sumerian, Ancient Greek/Egypt, Macedonian, Byzantine or Ottoman music? They are the most simple, but superior music for me. Metal holds the most simple hatred, anger, protest grains inside it. I'm changed a lot since the highschool, so now I just can't take anything related to hate anymore. Thats why I just can't see jazz and metal together. Their existences are completely opposite, so I can't find any harmony (not just musical).
kingofskateop 1 year ago
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Amazongrassmonster 1 year ago
@kingofskateop man, metal isnt about hate, you dont understand the genre at all.
guitarzilla100 1 year ago
@guitarzilla100 so tell me what is it about please? I really want to know.
kingofskateop 1 year ago
@kingofskateop it can be about pain and suffering, it can just be about youthful fun.it can be about anything, it can be about hate, yes, but its foolish to say that that is the definition of metal.
guitarzilla100 1 year ago
@guitarzilla100 its ok, he has a stick up his ass and thinks the world is full of butterflies and cupcakes \m/
astralfarts 8 months ago
@astralfarts Who is your comment directed toward, and what is your point?
JackDaPicker 8 months ago
@JackDaPicker 1. It wasnt directed to you 2. The @guitarzilla means it is "AT" guitarzilla. 3. my point is that the person (third party) guitarzilla was talking to is an ignorant douche. Mind your own business if it don;t concern you and stop trying to find things wrong with coherent statements in an effort to make yourself seem like a critic. If guitarzilla (whom my statement was directed) read what i said, he'd would know what I meant, and that is what matters.
astralfarts 8 months ago
@astralfarts
If you're gonna bitch at someone for addressing your public message then write a private message to guitarzilla instead. I can assure you that no one would miss your trollish immature comments if you didn't write them in here.
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9LC 3 months ago
@JackDaPicker AND IT IS "WHOM IS YOUR COMMENT DIRECTED TOWARD" FUCKING TROLL
astralfarts 8 months ago
@Hoopermazing Depends what you're listening to, if you're listening to Disturbed and shit music like that I guess you are right
CaptainCacs 1 year ago
@CaptainCacs I have no idea who "Disturbed" are.
Hoopermazing 1 year ago
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@Hoopermazing @Hoopermazing fuck you assholes if u really are the great gift from god musicians you say you are then you should realize jazz is isnt the greatest style of music but niether is metal how can you critisize metal just because you dont like it you ignorant fools!
gshredder5150 1 year ago
........ i wish jazz was easier........
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Prostape 1 year ago
@prostape -- when musicians have really sound theory, its difficult to pick up mistakes and an idle mind will begin to wander. unfortunately, really good music often comes off with a generic sound to novices, in about 5-10 years you'll be able to appreciate this kind of sound! cheerio
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Prostape 1 year ago
some people like both ;]
Harmonikz 2 years ago
ofcourse he has to know what the chords are, whether he hears them or he has the tune memorized, and its not that the best improvisers are past the thought of knowing the chords, it like saying Mathmeticians are past the point of addition, they just know it so well, its like second hand to them.
friedmanguitar 2 years ago
Such a good player, and musician.
MusicianofStark 2 years ago
damn that mobster is good
ValfarWindirBM 2 years ago 65
He doesn't have to "know" what the chords are. He hears the chords sounding, his mind responds with notes and he plays them. The best improvisers are well past the days of thinking "Now what is this chord called?"
Drblooter99 2 years ago
I understand the concept. I believe this guy would sound exactly the same with or without accompaniment.
zmasterj 2 years ago
Really good playing but I don't think he knows what chords he is playing against. Its problem with many jazz players they play scales and dont listen. For example you can tell George Benson is aware of the background chord at any given moment.
zmasterj 2 years ago
if you think he doesn't know what chords are playing you are dead wrong, and if you can't hear that he's playing the changes then your ear needs work.
renixe 2 years ago
right over the chnages, very good.
guitarforfree 2 years ago
WOW man yeah he looks so much like Don Francisco!
chibimaru8 2 years ago
Yeah I just play back note for note, great lesson ahahahahah....
but seriously thanks for sharing.Would like to be as good one day perhaps something to aspire towards.
thedirtydeltas 2 years ago
not really uptempo, not really a lesson, but very nice playin!!!
zymoon 2 years ago 3
Mr. Conti! Awesome and with so much passion and feeling!
You love the Guitar!
You remind me of my Dad who used to play Jazz Guitar here in the islands of Hawaii! We regret that we did not record him because we didn't have the technology that we have now!
But, all we need to do is watch you on Youtube and we get blessed and of course Cry! Awesome, Awesome Jazz Guitarist!
solizy001 2 years ago 25
maybe its just a reference..
B3808JAZZ 2 years ago
All the other super stars are just playing. Mr. Conti is playing and showing.
Teebraxton 2 years ago
Don Francisco playing guitar.
foreversmoking 2 years ago 6
not really uptempo, but nice
derritrane 2 years ago
It's jazz
marshmelow 2 years ago
Yeah man, just not uptempo bebop as the poster's comment claims.
derritrane 2 years ago
not a lesson.....
Englishcheck 2 years ago 4
this isnt the lesson,you get the lesson when you sing up
Rossco602 2 years ago
that's one COOL Cat
FapMonster 2 years ago
animal
pedroaltenfelderdias 2 years ago
so cool
paengdulay 2 years ago
where do i find the lesson on how to improv like that?
FakeFlourescentSkies 2 years ago 2
go to his website
7J7E7F7F7 2 years ago
Wow, that was very cool! Love the way he improvised
Gangsterjens 2 years ago 2
A comment about improvisation from a player of classical, jazz, and country for over 45 years. Mambazo is spot on. A jazz guitarist does not play licks. He or she plays what they hear in their head. At a certain point what you hear becomes manifest as music you play. Of course knowing the chords and structure of a song and a melody is the foundation over which you play. But it's like singing. You don't sing one word at a time. You sing a phrase. Playing jazz guitar is like that.
guitargod97 2 years ago 3
what happened to the lesson????
flabdabit 2 years ago 3
This clip is an excerpt of the the actual improv solo you will learn in the full length video.
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robertconticom 2 years ago
Isn't it going against the point to say you will learn an improvisation?
EpiPeavey 2 years ago
probably you'll lern to impro in general :P
meistersunday 2 years ago
It's true, too many jazz players are playing the political correct scales instead of ideas. This guy is good though
zinnington 2 years ago
good point
mertles02 2 years ago
Why does the description say uptempo, the tempo is quite slow...
unibomber111 2 years ago 4
qiq, real nice! what axe is that? and do
you use pretty low action?
thankx!!
ddanze 3 years ago
the guitar has amazing tone
HeavyBeavan 3 years ago 2
Buenísimo...
CalebRMCL 3 years ago
how do u think that far ahead of yourself when u improvise ... i can do it at a much slower tempo but i guess jazz just doesnt flow with me or somthing
elliott0 3 years ago
By having a huge repertoire of licks to use over specific sequences of chords and chord types.
emixolydian 3 years ago
But, thats not strictly improvisation :P
sure, licks help only if you get stuck, but the real meat of jazz improv is being able to play what you hear in your head, in real-time. Not many players actually do this. :)
mambazo5 3 years ago
Sure it is. Once you have enough repertoire it becomes subconscious. You don't need to actively think about pulling "x" lick out over "y" chord.
emixolydian 3 years ago
I'm not on about "playing lick x subconsciously", I'm talking about melodic lines made up on the spot, not ones you remember :P Its not easy to explain. Rather than playing licks you know, subconsciously or not, the aim is to play absolutely any melodic combination of notes, on the fly, without hesitation. The same as singing a new phrase, and at the exact same time, playing it on the guitar. Not a phrase you learned before, but something totally new that you can hear in your head.
mambazo5 3 years ago
You do not understand what I'm saying. I don't think you understand what improvisation is, or is about. You don't ignore every lick and every run you've ever used at the expense of playing a unique melodic idea over and over. You use the structure and basis of the things you know to manipulate the things you've learned to be stylistically your own and come out with your own nuances and ideas in your playing.
emixolydian 3 years ago
i agree. when i learnt how to play blues i just learnt solos and licks off other guitarist and now when i play i don't even think about it i just play what i feel. same for jazz or any style i believe
zakreganpatten 3 years ago
mambazo5 is right. but only to a certain point..listen to any great jazz player.they certainly don't make up all those runs on the spot..they're learned..and they don't just help "when you're stuck",they sow together the melodic bits that are more spontaneously improvised..no matter what anyone says. people don't just come up with completely new things on the fly--they build a vocabulary of melody..not in the instruments, but in their ear--like a singer-and that doesn't make it any less magical
lifeemusicelife 3 years ago
there are only 12 notes anyways
tabarnakdecrisse 3 years ago 2
Notes are like words and when you string them together they form licks and phases and eventually musical ideas ,paragraphs and stories. When you speak you don't think in terms of the individual words but you have an idea and the words come out as second nature to convey that idea. This is how Pat Metheny one of the great improvisers on the guitar describes improvisation.
Obviously Pat's vocabulary is enormous, but the facility he has is based on a huge melodic vocabulary.
Guernseyopman 3 years ago 3
this is opinionated and irrelevant to enjoying music.
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learn to just listen, not every thought has to be shared with an opinionated audience. all the time spent arguing, think how much more music you could have discovered in that time. let things go already.
zeppelin2392 2 years ago
nah, i think guernseyman is bang on, he's giving insight into how someone begins to learn to play that fluidly, how he's not making up every note on the spot, he's putting together micro ideas to play something that seems like an entire seemless thought process. He's probably listened to it closer than you and got more out of it, otherwise he wouldn't take the time to write his thoughts, ur just looking to shoot him down. You let it go
Joer142 2 years ago
honestly i cant remember why i posted that where i did, i think that was meant for another user. apologies, guernseyopman makes sense.
zeppelin2392 2 years ago
his sweeps are tighter than jason beckers ir rusty cooleys
ubershredder1989 3 years ago
Hi excellent but do you have to make it look so easy many thanks for sharing
goodfellow1951 3 years ago
u really got me !
fotosolid 3 years ago
DANG!!!
Very well done!
guitarhero4jesus 3 years ago
awesome!
paulscape72 3 years ago
Wow man, you take care of it. Love your playing
AnthonyJams 3 years ago
trade guitars?
rozza001 3 years ago 2
What a guitar! Oo
It looks like made in Art Deco style.
(Which sound good with jazz :D)
Max0Inq 3 years ago
Excellent solo Robert, Great vids! ........ MB
Guitarsii 3 years ago
this guy IS amasing :/! *envy*
MagmaDrift 3 years ago 2
What scales is he using?
moorec 3 years ago
wooow.
bepop scale
rmw5991 3 years ago
bebop scale rather.
its lates
rmw5991 3 years ago
you gotta know the alphabet before you start talking, I cant see how you can play a solo like that without knowing scales.
Patbrennan123456 3 years ago
hah i kinda agree but shit analergy; you learn the alphabet a fair while after learning to speak.
rowanquarry 3 years ago 4
I didn't know the alphabet before i started speaking. And most people don't know more than one scale when they start soloing.
khbgkh 3 years ago 6
i could listen to that sweet sound for hours. more please sir.
ChaosEnigma1978 3 years ago
That left hand is like a spider walking along those frets, lol...this cats got 8 fingers on each hand, he is incredible, puts many "so called guitarists " to shame.
bossanovasax 3 years ago
Dude, it's the white B.B. King!!!
Izzykidd7 3 years ago 2
BB KING AINT SHIT TO THIS!!!
bitcheznhos 3 years ago
Please let's not compare apples and oranges here. B.B. King is a god at what he does, but it's not this. Music is not a competition, it's an art.
CapoFirstFret 3 years ago 29
thank you. It's refreshing to read something under "comments" that actually makes sense.
N2Boozin 3 years ago 9
music isn't about who's better. when you become a musician you will realize this.
exobeat 3 years ago 39
I cannot agree more.. i am terrible at the guitar, but I do not believe anyone find more joy from playing it than me :)
jackhon 3 years ago 13
@exobeat Yeah, it's about who earns more ;)
XLuckieX 1 year ago
what scale is he playing out of?
iltanail 3 years ago
chromatic. :)
fishytank1land 3 years ago 3
TEMPOOOOOOO!!
TomyVerok 3 years ago
its called rhythmic interpretation just like the trumpets clarinets or trombones would do except its a guitar solo
angrypuppets1 3 years ago
damn that was like another part of his body learning it and mastering it clean
leeafy 3 years ago
It almost sounds as if everytime he does a line he comes in slightly late and then catches up which sounds delayed then rushed....does anyone else hear that?
Anyway, good stuff!
Milokrb 4 years ago 2
Milo,
This is an excerpt from one of the complete solos he teaches in his educational DVDs (I have all 15 volumes in his improv series). When compared to his live performances, I have also noticed that he seems to hold back a little in his educational DVDs. I suspect the reason is not to make things to complex for the viewer. Take a minute to watch him play on Bluesette, Cherokee etc. He is an unbelievable player and even better teacher.
GL
guitarlover38 4 years ago
he's playing behind the beat... kinda a standard way to play bebop and jazz in general
VonRockinRoy 4 years ago 3
yes
exavctly
but it still sounds good
so hey!
Whatever
devilworshiper06 3 years ago
Damn,
A monster player, I cant imagine why anyone would criticize this. If I am not mistaken he has a unique approach (well most great musicians do), but a non-scale or modal approach. Tried to find out more on the web but just ran into a lot of promotional stuff. If you take time to bash this, you have too much time. Shit I would play with a canned band anywhere with chops like his.
paulandlesson 4 years ago
nice!! clean shit solo!!!
shredd2007 4 years ago 2
his fingers are floating
cphoover11 4 years ago
WOW.........
ElySrv 4 years ago
monster chops....good jazz all the way round
646879 4 years ago
love the mood of the first part
nuj2d 4 years ago
I love his concept of time. It almost reminds me of Charlie Parker. In his longer runs, you'll be like on the edge of your seat waiting for a mistake, but it never comes, and he comes back in with perfect time. Excellent!
ltotheatothendon 4 years ago 4
i would have loved to have seen robert conti and buddy rich in the same band.now that would have been awesome.
zacmadison 4 years ago
I get a kick out of the idiots who say his timing is off. Conti is by far the best player out there today. Everyone else puts me to sleep and the best part is he never went to any school. Perhaps that's what makes him the best because music schools have no passion.
guitarlover38 4 years ago
luvylovesme, you're a complete idiot for saying that. Conti is a pro. His style is notes, lots of them and every single line he plays fits harmonically. Just because you don't like it, don't say his timing is lame, you couldn't be more wrong. And who are you to even say his timing is off? Check out his chord melody stuff, it's the best I've ever seen anywhere.
guitarlover38 4 years ago
Beautiful!
terzolilu 4 years ago
rhythm section? you mean this is out of rhythm? in that case you're wrong
corijn 4 years ago
He means a live accompiament
midnight260 4 years ago
You'd think these guys who make videos would hire a rythymn section...
wes1220 4 years ago
true
fender6585 4 years ago
smokin'!
timwarneka 4 years ago
Thanks Robert conti !! great guitarist in the WORLD !!
Giuseppetotonetw 4 years ago
he is fun to watch
hellomee328 4 years ago
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insidester 4 years ago
hey binky and luckyloves me.. your BOTH WRONG>> and obviously jealous.. grow some ears
augfive 4 years ago
you are the king of jazz :D ;))
erkin007 4 years ago
Nice work.
overthehillsnfaraway 4 years ago