John McLaughlin - The Art of Improvisation

John McLaughlin shows how to improvise over chord changes and time signatures.
Demos are taken from his instructional video "This is the Way I do it".

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[digital6string1]

Oh,now I get it.LOL

[AhnDanil]

@mookmylar where is his house?

[monkeysbum999]

i,ve just spotted a mistake in the music at .45 the third beat he plays Ab F G not four Gs as written .I wonder if there are any more.

[algrand90]

@srt619

do you think mclaughlin can play scarified by paul gilbert ?

[srt619]

guitarist Jeff Beck called him "the best guitarist alive"

[JazzKeyboardist1]

just about the best song to steal licks from the melody,, is charlie parkers donna lee

[JazzKeyboardist1]

it is often hard to steal from jazz great's solos, because a lot of it is passing notes, but should give a person great ideas,,,,a good example of something to steal and transpose to all keys is intro of dizzy gillespie's bebop,

[kliff10]

@Willsq This is Jazz......This IS what Jazz is....If this was a Sax or Piano solo this is what you would expect......The same for Jazz [Fusion] Guitar. It is about [True] IMPROVISATION That is its core skill....This is why it is a Niche market compared to the market for the Pop/Rock star ......it is an acquired Educated taste and understanding....Try listening to Miles Davis, John Coltrane,Mcoy Tyner, Charlie Parker etc and you will understand what is going on here.....

[drj602]

He changed it! And it still hasn't caught up yet!

[simonjajames]

just like that

[emeraldomusik]

regarding the tune from 3:47 it would be much better to write this in 6/8 time. I am sure John didn't write this down in 4/4, it was written by a stupid programm. If it was written in 6/8 time there would be no "false triplets". Though mathematically correct the sheet is totally crazy.

[mookmylar]

here's a guy who really changed things. brilliant musician.