Martin Taylor teaches "I Got Rhythm" Part 1 of 2

[xxxchrist1]

Bet he can't play Smoke On The Water!

What a genius Martin Taylor is.

[mddavison54]

Thanks for this. It looks so effortless and easy................

[flyingsoundmachine]

I would prefer if he said "if you're not in tune, go away"

[Duncan464]

I'm proud to say Martin is an Englishman,although he now lives in Scotland. I think this is where the mistake has happened. The best since Joe Pass. I saw him in 1985 in a small jazz club in Newcastle(Corner House) with a Louis Stewart. Marvelous.

[DSCKSR]

Awsome playing. He's like a one man band, all he needs to do now is to use his feet to play drums!

[amrob]

that Db chord in measure 5. would u call it a Db7#9 as a substidution for G13?

[TheDarkSide599]

What was the song that he played at the start?

[si16]

@TheDarkSide599 It's called "Here's That Rainy Day" by Jimmy Van Heusen

[TheDarkSide599]

@si16 Thank you :3

[mikeandmike]

"Hi, my name is young Mario Batali

[johnpheth]

If you want to play like this, you don't need tabs, you need rhythm!

[digitusmedio]

"fancy tapping shredders" are quite entertaining as well, I believe a balance is good, the option of versatility.

[WalkinLA]

He's a terrible teacher....but the most astounding guitarist, next to Pat Metheny, I have ever heard... It's like listening to Einstein talking about his special theory of relativity and saying, "You must square the universal constant speed of light (c), of course..."

[davetaylorbluespiano]

@WalkinLA -He's a fantastic player. And yes, he doesn't explain exactly how to play it- but you do get to understand his approach. And then you can hear what he means, when he demonstrates. Maybe it IS good teaching, leaving it to us to find our 'own voices' /our own ways....?

[michaelpietzsch]

Holy SHIT

[eddieuptownguy]

man........ u got me at "hi"

[Procen44]

So there are tabs? I don't see an icon for it. Nothing is showing up on my computer..

[Dalmes666]

@Procen44 Did you end up finding the tabs for this??? I have had no luck... any help if you may... cheers.

[puppyofwrath]

@Dalmes666 Yes, I have the full tab. I bought his instructional DVD which comes with it.

[Procen44]

I'm guessing we're suppose to rewind this video 8 million times and figure out what your doing with your fingers to actualy learn what teaching right....ughh...

[BenPowellGuitar]

Great to have this on Youtube. I wore out the video learning from this!! Utterly awesome. However, please could you upload the version at the start of the video - The first 3 minutes are the most astonishing guitar playing I've ever heard. Would love to see that again!

Best wishes

Ben

[Jazzwayze]

He explains things well. But to say that first few bars of 'Rainy Day is' not very interesting, is something of an understatement. Most guitarists would like to be able to play as smoothly as that, would be content, and rightly so! Fantastic player is Martin, but if we could all master his style, he would have to worry for competition a job!

Nice going ty.

[crieffguitarlegend]

advanced with a capital A....

if you can do this you can earn a living as a session guitarist !!!!! everything else would be relatively simple !!!!

[Semach4444]

I felt extremely overwhelmed before I even picked up my guitar to try this out.

Yoda would say "And that is why you fail"

[awesomewelles90]

Yoda would say, "suck my hairy green balls!"

[jonnysguitarclass]

This is a nice approach for creating arrangements for all standards if you need to get tunes together quickly. It works a good theme and variation formula. You just need to know the melodies really well. I like it!

[echo680]

awesome

[thefogster61]

Move over single malt whiskey, aaaand the horse you rode in on....

[carvetop01]

Next to single malt whisky, Martin is Scotland's greatest gift to the world.

[zuvarian]

malt whiskey is a distant #2

[carvetop01]

I have seen Martin live 5 times. The best of both worlds is to see him in concert with a dram of whisky in my hand.

[ChristopherDowning]

You do know that Martin was born in Harlow, Essex? But I accept a lot of his work has been done out of Scotland - his long association with Linn Records and having a house there where he lives regularly.

For the guys who can't get it - try learning some Chet Atkins thumb style, some basic fingerstyle pieces, some jazz single note melodies and then put tham all togteher over the next 30 years = Martin's playing.

Seriously - if you want to do this style try some Chet Atkins method book.

[carvetop01]

@ChristopherDowning

Hi Chris,

I know Martin was born in England. I lived in Glasgow for 15 months and saw Martin perform there three times. I have also been to two of his performances over here. He is not just a super player he quite a good entertainer as well. I did transcribe and adapt one of his arrangements for pick style. See my upload of "Bewitched". I did learn to play "Kwame". I am learning finger style.

Cheers,

allen

[Rizantar]

@carvetop01 Actually he is Englishman. He was born in Harlow, Essex (ENGLAND) in 1956.

[bobduder]

@carvetop01 im sorry what? Martin is English.

[carvetop01]

@bobduder

He lives in Scotland. Or so he tells me. I have seen him perform in Scotland three times. Twice here in the USA. I don't care where he is from. He is an amazing musician whatever nationality he claims.

Cheers,

allen

[archtopbrownie]

@carvetop01 Thanks for sending me this Allen. Went in my playlist.

[ChristopherDowning]

This shows that Martin is not only a World level player but a World level teacher as well. This is the clearest explanation of how to play bass, chord and melody all at once, that I have ever seen. You feel with practice you could do this. Breaking it down like this offers you the opportunity to work on your own repetoire and rebuild it in Martin's style.

[adrianscally]

I was with him all the way until about 6 minutes in, then my hand fell off...

[xmadnessmanx]

haha i couldn't even last like 4-5 minutes.

[romancito91]

R.K.M & Ken-Y Con El Torito En Republica Dominicana

[musicmumbler]

When I diddle about with this tune I follow a sequence roughly remembered from an old Gershwin song book (hopefully transposed from Bb to Martin's more guitar friendly G):

G - G6 - Am7 - D7

G9 - G7 - Am7 - D7

G - G6 - Am7 - D7

G6 - D9/G/D9 - G7

B7 - F#m7 - B7 - F#m7

E7 - A9 - E - E7

A - A7 - A - A7

D - D - Daug7

Better suggestions much appreciated!

[musicmumbler]

Forget fancy tapping shredders, Martin's the man! I heard a recording of this on the radio last week and my jaw dropped. Searched by chance but didn't expect to get one of the best explanations by a performing musician I've ever heard! Maybe one day I'll get somewhere close. Just now I'd be happy to be able to play the 'uninteresting' example at the start!

[ibanezbloke]

@musicmumbler Just want to clarify, Stanley Jordan can tap Jazz out awesomely.

[musicmumbler]

@ibanezbloke - True, but I wouldn't class him as a "fancy tapping shredder". Wikipedia defines shredding as "lead electric guitar playing that relies heavily on fast guitar solos", Stanley Jordan's way too musical to limit himself like that. Like Martin Taylor though, he is another guitarist whose technique blew me away when I first heard/saw it and whom I made many pitiful attempts to emulate!

[ibanezbloke]

@musicmumbler Only person who can compare to him is Tuck Andress - I mean, he can do percussion too.

[musicmumbler]

@ibanezbloke - Hadn't come across his playing before, he's got some of the soulful Hendrixy chord phrasing that I love thrown in too. Thanks for introducing me to another impossible aspiration ;-)

[SpawnofHastur]

@musicmumbler Julian Lage is another AMAZING guitarist; give him a listen.

[MountainsInTheMist]

Not much more to say than its a fucking awesome lesson. Really lets you figure out how to do it.

[deanmatsen]

@weeweegordy Still need help with this? I can explain it. Thinking about making a web page that explains this, but don't want to unless someone is still interested in looking at it.

[Liquidsky7777]

Awesome! This helps sooo much! THANK YOU!

[wakold]

amazing guitar player and video, one of the best ive seen in a long time. great player indeed

[iniramlap]

super, very good

[StupidEarthlings]

he sucks.

jk.

I'm now going to throw my sh!t in the river.

[gabri3l367]

Grande chitarrista e grande insegnante. Martin Taylor sei fantastico !!!!!

[BattyCuss]

It is darned hard. I get playing the bass part great. No problems. Until I try to introduce the melody notes in the treble. My thumb stops. You have to have a split personality for this, or start at age 3. I don't think I have enough time left to learn finger-style!

Thanks for the lesson all the same.

[dillibazarsadak]

try listening to it a lots n lots of times to get the melody sort of in-built in ur head. then go for it note by note n try n notice the exact parts where the bass note n the lead note intersects. the key is to try n play as sub-consciously as possible. it'll be harder if u try to fit them together logically n u wont be able to play. i hope i made sense to u ^_^

[ivan811]

Que tremendo maestro este señor...!

[sludgefingers]

a great player

[MattkNT]

awesome stuff!!thnks for upload this vid!!

[wkriski]

wow great stuff

[doggeds]

looks damn hard this stuff. anyone got the whole video? i wanna learn old man river :)

[onionwind]

THANKS this kind of instructional stuff really helps us move our guitar playing to the next level.

[jazzitdown]

Good