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

English fingerstyle jazz master Martin Taylor teaches Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm." From the DVD "Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar." More info at http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/guitar-workshop-instructional-dvds/finge...

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[carvetop01]

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

[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!

[kellyismusic]

still not impressed!!

[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.

[SpawnofHastur]

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

[DSCKSR]

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

[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 ;-)

[ibanezbloke]

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

[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!