Matt Schofield 12 bar Lesson..

[breynolds688]

Wanted to update an earlier comment about the chords:

A13 / / A7#5 - D9 / / / - A13 / / Bb13(slide up to) - A13 / A7#5 /

D9 / / / - G13 / / / - A13 / / Ab13 - G13 / F#13b9 /

B-9 / / / - Bb13 / / / - A13 / C13 / - B13#5b9 / Bb13 / - A13

There are also accents on certain chords to give the vamp greater harmonic dynamics however it's hard to document this here. I'd like to thank George Fortunato for transcribing these chords.

[s1914]

Sounds remarkably similar to one of the examples from the Danny Gatton Hot Licks DVD !

[stratking69er]

show us something we dont already know cliche boy !

[mdpocoroba]

Is he related to this Schofield? paulschofieldbluesband,com/aud­io,html (replace commas with periods)

[vhfgtiuoiu]

i have this DVD, what a top bloke he comes across as well as being a top muso!

[whitewidow1981]

great amp !

[Gibsonstandard67]

Yeah it's cool stuff! It's a lot of tritone sub stuff. It's so much more fun than just a I IV V. So many possibilities!

[FenderHotRod93]

Hi,

Do someone know from wich dvd this is?

[knackersacker]

@FenderHotRod93  Hey - it's from the Guitarist Magazine DVD Vol2.... never paid much attention to it until I heard What I Wanna Hear.... blew me away - exactly the kind of playing I love - didn't know 'till I'd heard it tho'

[loopdawgg]

it helps to have a flippin 61 strat!

[mikaltch]

@ loopdawgg

and it probably helps to have a two rock custom reverb too hey...

[DrJeffers]

@mikaltch Nope, not really. I got one, and a lot of other stuff too. It doesn't make me play/sound anything like this guy can (that's ok, i'm not trying to. But i absolutely couldn't come close if i ever did). Gear is not the secret... but you know that really. ;)

[stratking69er]

@loopdawgg

it also helps if daddy is very rich and takes you on trips to new york to buy you guitars !

[DrJeffers]

@stratking69er This is so far off the mark i just feel bad for you dude.

[DrJeffers]

@loopdawgg I seriously doubt it! It helps him, it wouldn't help us one jot - its small tolerances in tone/response versus a mighty big talent gap... the cliche is true - guys like this usually play top-flight gear, because they are good enough to squeeze every last drop of juice out of their tools, and at that level, every % matters. But its the converse just isn't true - great gear doesn't buy you great playing. Without the latter, the former counts for nothing. Its just not the secret weapon.

[loopdawgg]

@DrJeffers

that is good info, very insightful, thanks!

[Bernz67]

@loopdawgg No, it doesn't.

[Dazzypig]

@loopdawgg Yeah, that's the secret to excellent note choice and impeccable phrasing... a '61 Strat. Go back to the woodshed and quite whining.

[Henrync35]

I saw Matt & Ian Siegul last night in Nottingham, left me awe inspired by such genius. Defo top 10blues guitarist of all time but with Jazz element to define his style - up there with Stevie Ray & Jimi but neither of those guys could master the Jazz that Matt can do so effortlessly as featured in this video

[cocaneo]

same ive got all his albums and have seen 5 different of his concerts andi have the same strat as him, he's just amazing!

[Stringprodigy]

@Henrync35, you obviously haven't heard SRV's RIviera Paradise.

[JOHNNYG99X]

suggest you check out Riveria Paradise, not real jazz but just as "jazzy" as anything you have here

[guillll]

In case it would be useful to someone, the chords he plays seem to be :

A13 | D7 | A13 | A13

D7 | C#7#9/G#| A7 Ab7 | G7 F#7|

C-9| B13 | A13 C13 | B13 Bb13| and so on

[tafxkz]

@guillll

thanks

[64ccd]

What pickups are you using? Sounds brilliant even though you probably own a great deal of that to the two rock amp.

[woneee]

fralins

[64ccd]

thank you

[wrando]

I think when he talks about the ii/v chord he is referring to the dominant to the ii chord in the progression. this is used sometimes to change keys or expand a progression

[bluesuburban]

yep i don't play great and should stop and start the vid does anyone know the chord sequence used here or any other links regarding twelve bar chords that are more advanced? just looking to get better at playing got some robben ford books that are also great

[twangalot2]

What was that Skydog? just because your a washed out old blues rocker that keeps rehashing the same old pentatonic box distorted shit again and again and again. This guys a breath of fresh air in a genre that's been fucked over and fucked up too many times by hacks like yourself.

zzzzzzzzz

[emixolydian]

Ya, except jazz is tonal, dumbass.

Lol.

[joshlespaul1952]

Hah, bit pathetic skydog. Grow up.

[cameronshaw23]

skydog = cunt

[invisiblekid14]

hey matt, thanx for that lesson, it's really helped me melodically speaking . . .

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[moonkef]

Thats not a 6th chord it's F#13th flat9

[chumbo]

By "6 chord" he means 6th in the harmony, just like you say two-five. Since the blues is in A, the 6th of A is in fact F# - and yes, it is a 13b9.

[moonkef]

Ahh okay yeah good point, you're probably right but the submediant is F#m but hey, it's Jazz right! :)

[intensivedunco]

what are the bloody chords?

[yinyangthang]

Those are guitar chords; 3 or more notes..

[acousticky14]

he's using the same amp or atleast the same brand as john mayer's amp right? i love the tone.

[woneee]

yeah they both have their own sig amps i believe. i know john mayer does at least and it'll set you back $8500 but you won't get one cause there are only 25 of them!!

[DrJeffers]

A Mayer sig Two-Rock on sale in the UK right now (Machinehead Music). Yours for a cool £7k... ($14000!). Matt uses a slightly modded 100W Custom Reverb signature (from his own description on his forum).

[DrJeffers]

hey that came out in the wrong place- was responding to woneee below....

Nb. I got the Two-Rock Jet (baby bro with same sonic DNA). I can't begin to describe how good these amps are. Expensive but not if it saves you buying and moving on 10 other amps to find *that* tone!

[JVStratocasters]

love him so much!!

[moe761]

Man thats a beautiful guitar! Is that guitar out for sale or is that his custom guitar?

[crossfire1]

Most likely a vintage one.

[wonderboy1989]

Damn, that's a sexy strat! GIVE IT TO ME NOOOOOOOW!

[bowman3000]

nice chords but what a boring guy

[Geordiekeef]

Bollocks - if he spoke like Stevie Ray you'd be all over him.

Nice chords - NICE guy.

[Spidey2391]

u tell em dude ! borin pleaase hes great player!

[1957fenderstrat]

I wish.

[ItalianTali]

great, are you related to John?

[yu0004ng]

i don't think so, john's last name is scofield btw

[yu0004ng]

i don't think so, john's last name is scofield btw

[RasmusAV]

Two Rock = Rock the world with tone!!!

I hope so much I one day will get the money to one of this amps!!!

R.A.V.

[nickparrott]

mm yeah good choices of chords to add in there, sounds nice.

[blahman178]

Two Rock-AWESOME TONE!!!!!

[bgtocak]

that's a good guitar

[ramezk]

does anyone know what a a 2 5 chord is?

[jomans]

if you take a major scale,ex. C major, C = 1, D = 2, E = 3 ,F = 4, G = 5, A = 6, B = 7 then back to C Octave/8/1.. anyway II and V chords, as you can see, coresponds to D and G respectively. In basic theory the minor chords are always the II,III & VI so that's Dmin. while a V chord is always a dominant chord, so thats G7.. (2)II = Dm or Dm7 and (5)V = G7..

[jomans]

i hope that helped..its a bit confusing with the way i wrote it..lol! ... but that's pretty much it..anyway a II(2) & V(5) chord progression is Dm7 & G7 (always use 7th type of chord in jazz/blues) in the key of C major(the I(1) chord)... again thas Dmin7, G7, and CM7

[ramezk]

aha i see, thanks very much jomans!

[bsuite123]

jomans, please speak english so I can understand you?LOL

[RNRDOLL]

second interval and fifth interval. say youre playing c major..a two chord would be d minor and a 5 chord would be G major. You have to know about harmonizing scales

[Thomasm1710]

GREAT GUITAR! what year and is it all original?

[BrothuhV84]

TONE!! Very nice indeed!

[soupathand]

no thats how a strats clean neck tone sounds like.

[moe761]

Is he using some kind of effect or is this just the normal sound of a stratocaster?

[KochTrucks]

nice tone, righteous note choices, does this guy play in any boands or just solo?

[fire0254]

check out the matt schofield trio

[Jdplaya47]

That amp rules, i want a two-rock amp more than anything!

[redpyjamas]

I've been to many Blues and Jazz gigs. In Oxford on Monday nights, go to the Bullingdon Arms on Cowley Rd. I saw Hamilton Loomis play there a few times - AWESOME - and he brought on a guest guitarist - Matt Schofield - even better if such a thing is possible. I saw The Matt Schofield Trio there last week and they brought on a guest guitarist - Denny Ilett. Seriously a privilage to see such shows.

[aartbij]

Sweet video. Where's it from?

[ciaobebbo050]

Guitar Techniques magazine.

[blonkins]

My baby left me... can't pay the rent...etc.

[bluespower]

enjoyed!!!