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Jazz Medley Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 461 seconds solo jazz guitar, played on an Elferink archtop model 'Excalibur'. Check www.MattOtten.com for more info (PS there are no TABS for this!) Related: archtop, elferink, guitar, jazz, matt, otten, solo |
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Trying out the Monarch from Peerless Guitars Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 518 seconds Trying out a very nice new guitar, playing just anything that comes to mind (with bits of acoustic bass guitar backing thrown in for good measure). The recording was done straight to mixing desk (no amp), with only very light reverb. Related: guitar, jazz, matt, monarch, otten, peerless, review |
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Smooth Jazz Guitar Lesson, part 2 Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 538 seconds part 2 of 3 Related: guitar, jazz, lesson, smooth |
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Autumn leaves solo improv. Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 363 seconds just sort of free solo playing with a standard progression in mind, late one evening. Related: autumn, guitar, jazz, leaves, matt, otten |
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Building a solo on Autumn Leaves Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 439 seconds fretboard visualisation of how to build a solo on a well known progression. The visualizer (VSTi plugin) is part of Matt's Jazz Exercises package, see profile page, or http://www.mattotten .com/jazzexercises.h tm Note that because of the video frames occasionally a very short note may be lost visually, in this video. Related: guitar, jazz, lesson |
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Being creative with a single scale, part 1 Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 423 seconds Learn how to get the most out of one scale, as a first step towards natural improvisation. See my profile page for links. Don't ask for tabs, but try for yourself what I am trying to explain, that's the whole point! You can download the backing track from www.soundclick.co m/ottenandharp, click "music" and scroll down Related: guitar, jazz, lesson |
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Wave Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 514 seconds Something weird happened! After recording, the video was 4% longer than the audio??????? So, I had to cut a lot of slices of video to try and restore sync. Looks a little funny at times. The whole thing was too long anyway....got carried away. Never mind. Related: bossa, guitar, jazz, nova, wave |
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Smooth Jazz Solo examples Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 203 seconds 3 short solos, increasingly difficult. TABS at www.mattotten.com ('more', 'study page') Related: guitar, jazz, smooth, solos, tabs, with |
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For Wes Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 298 seconds A simple swinging tune that is my tribute to Wes Montgomery, my earliest and probably most important influence. I have always loved his music and I cannot play anything that does not have some of his influence. Here I just let it all out.... Related: guitar, jazz, montgomery, wes |
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Body and Soul Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 492 seconds I just luuuv ballads.... Related: ballad, guitar, jazz, standard |
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Beautiful love Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 309 seconds Having some more fun with the Monarch from Peerless! Related: beautiful, guitar, jazz, love, matt, monarch, otten, peerless |
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The Only One: lesson 1 0f 4 Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 568 seconds Lesson based on tune The Only One, part 1 of 4. This part only covers the chords. Some minor inaccuracies I noted afterwards: maj9 chords are sometimes called maj7, and notations like Ab9-5 and Ab9b5 are both used. Related: guitar, jazz, lesson, smooth |
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Estate Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 460 seconds Estate played on Elferink Archtop by Matt Otten Related: guitar, jazz |
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Smooth guitar from album 'Secret Combination' Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 191 seconds Like this? Buy the album 'Secret Combination' from iTunes, CD Baby or my web site www.mattotten.com See also the smooth jazz guitar lesson on my channel. Related: epiphone, guitar, itunes, jazz, joe, pass, smooth |
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Blue Bossa Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 143 seconds probably the most played bossa on jam sessions; here more like samba (i.e. faster). Related: blue, bossa, guitar, jazz |
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The Look of Love Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 283 seconds a little sweet, but I had this string arrangement from a Maria Harp CD that I made once, and decided to 'recycle' it... Related: acoustic, bacharach, guitar, jazz, look, love, matt, of, otten |
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Sunny Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 273 seconds Monarch x 2 Related: guitar, guitars, jazz, matt, otten, peerless |
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Blue Bossa solo example Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 185 seconds solo example with tabs. Starts simple, then slowly gets more difficult. Go to www.mattotten.com for TABS (click 'more', 'study page') Related: guitar, jazz, lesson, tabs, with |
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Bluesette Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 306 seconds Famous tune by Toots Thielemans in 3/4. Related: bluesette, guitar, jazz, thielemans, toots, waltz |
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Trying out the Renaissance from Peerless Guitars Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 478 seconds this guitar felt totally comfortable right after I took it out of the case! Just happily noodling away.... Recording: some reverb only, no amp Related: guitar, guitars, jazz, matt, otten, peerless, renaissance |
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Blues in C Posted by: mattotten
Video duration: 220 seconds jazz improvisation on a C blues progression Related: blues, guitar, jazz, matt, otten |
