Wes Montgomery Single Note Soloing - Techniques and Concepts
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2017
- In this episode of Everything Music we explore the Single Note solos of the great Wes Montgomery! We discuss how he develops his phase structure, motifs and how he plays into the chord change. I will examine in great detail the solo from "The Days of Wine and Roses" from the Boss Guitar record released in 1963 on Riverside records. This is one of the greatest guitar solos of all time and unlike most of Wes guitar solos, is all single note playing with no octaves.
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Awesome overview of the solo and the lines and great observations on his melodic ideas and the connection from Wes to Metheny! Really enjoyed it!
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This solo made me cry for many times. This is a piece of art. Wes was a genius ! Thank you for posting.
Yes... it is so moving... absolutely beautiful solo.
I'll second that - it's right up there with "Malibu Shark Attack', truly brings a tear to the eye.
Every Wes solo is graduate class in improvisation, yet they always sound so melodic and simple.
brother, your encyclopedic knowledge, your depth of understanding, your passion for the art of music as presented through the six strings of guitar is nothing short of inspiring. I know I'm not alone in saying heartfelt thanks for all of this(from Frampton to the Dan to Wes- and all points in between.) Thank you for paying the beauty forward :)
Rick, this is the best online content ive ever seen. I've learned so much that I didn't know that I didn't know since discovering your channel 3 days ago. thank you for the killer content.
I been listening to this solo for years and it still knocks me out! One of the best solos ever
The quality of your videos is getting better and better. Hard pressed to find jazz lessons this clear anywhere on youtube. Great work!
I love these, thank you for the time, effort, and selflessness you pour into making these videos.
Excellent video!
Informative, relaxed, fast moving with no long-winded or stammering over explanations. To the point, filled with useful breakdowns and observations on the solo, and Montgomery's playing overall. The chord changes appearing on screen are greatly appreciated. Just Incredibly helpful and useful knowledge for a player like myself. This is how you do it. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much Rick. This was very inspiring to me and I wanted to appreciate the significant time and attention you devoted to carefully transcribing one of Wes Montgomery's masterpieces. This video really changed my life intellectuallty as a guitatrist. Thank you so much for explaining the inversions and/or substitutions as you describe them. Bless you for taking the time Mr. Beato.
Rick, I can’t say enough how glad I am that I came across you on UA-cam. This was a master class on a Wes Montgomery solo! Thank you.
Great video. Love how you break up the lines and explain in detail both the functional aspects in Wes's playing as well as the incredible beauty he creates when all these motives are stacked upon one another, sounding so complete like endless strings of musical lyricism. It's an art to explain that the way you do in this vid !
Brilliant study of this absolutely beautiful piece of improvisation.... love it.. love it.. love it... thank you Rick.
Great video, Rick. You amaze this jazzer with your breadth of knowledge.
Hello Rick, Thank you for taking the time to thoroughly explain this work. Extremely helpful.
Thanks for the deep analysis of Wes...you have some serious knowledge and thanks for sharing it with the world!
Your presentation is fantastic. Just brilliant! I'm really enjoying learning this stuff since I discovered your channel. Thanks!
What a beautiful solo to go through. Thanks a lot
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say how incredibly greatful I am for these videos - the amount of time, effort and insight you've invested to give us something this valuable is remarkable. Thank you!
Days of win and roses makes me cry tears of joy sometimes. Thanks for the concepts!
Please do George Benson!!
Hey Rick! I was listening to Wes Montgomery at work today and UA-cam popped this gem up in my recommended videos. Thank you for this Rick.
Famtastic video and analysis Rick, great playing and observations too! I really enjoyed this, and will probably watch it again! A couple of times! I just cant get enough of listening to wes! Thanks again!
My favorite album, my favorite song, my favorite artist, my favorite writer, and my favorite UA-camr reviewing it
thanks Rick, for sharing your knowledge and breaking down this superb solo from an icon of Jazz Guitar! More like this!
I appreciate you touching upon the quality of Wes Montgomery that sets him apart from all others- his beautiful use of simple melodic lines that. when playing over complex changes and subs, create such a feeling of natural warmth and rightness.
This was the first solo I triscribed from a jazz album! It is amazing
Really outstanding understanding and teaching. Superb! Thank you!!
Great guitar lesson! Seeing where you play runs in relation to the chord shape and the solo melody is super helpful. The guitar with the P-90s has a great sound as well.
thank you so much! I just started listening to We Montgomery; what an amazing guitarist!
Great job Rick. Amazing!
Wes, Joe, Pat, all my favourite players!! Please do Django Reinhart!!!
Love your video on Wes man :-) thanks for transmiting your love for music !
I'm gaining so much from watching you teach....thanks Rick 👍
Fantastic lesson here!!!
Wes always blows my lid off.
Rick you have done an excellent job in your analysis and presentation two thumbs up
Thank you for this... this solo is what got me into Wes
What a great lesson of one of my favorite solos!
Awesome. One of my favorite solos.
I just, love this channel, and you, so so so much
Thanks Rick, I found this really helpful.
A most rewarding video to study - thank you.
Thank you !!! Rick fantastic lessons
Brilliant stuff. Very helpful for me as a rock soloist and trying to understand the apparent 'changes' one can acquire by, (simplified version), moving a half-step up or down at the right time.
Hi Rick ,
I really enjoyed the way you have taught this lesson , great tone and clarity in your playing , also your video on hard work and the result
You achieved is capital COOL. I also enjoyed your break down of Wes Montgomery chord soloing and other videos you have posted.
God Bless
Stan
Really really good lesson. Feels like Wes sitting right by my side
Rick im very happy I found your channel great teaching and great player.......
Tremendous knowledge and awesome videos. Thanks so very much.
Great lesson, Rick...thanks.
Outstanding Rick!
Fantastic analysis, as usual Rick!
Great work Rick I loved !!
Outstanding. My favorite: "Four On Six"...
thats a awesome song and lesson, wonderfull melodies, very touching, thanks rick, youre a genius
A really informative, helpful lesson. Just what I needed right now. Might take me more than a while to absorb it all, but more's the value! There's a whole lot of info -- and a lot to think about -- in this vid.
Awesome lesson! Thank you!
very helpful analysis - thanks!
Rick thanks for this analysis 👍
This is gold.
Great video. Thanks.
A great lesson absolutely, thanks a lot!
Rick, I'm sorry to say that I don't know a thing about theory but I enjoyed every moment of it. In the second part tears were rolling down from my eyes, there's so much beauty in it. It sounds like Wes could go on and on and always find a resolution, no matter where he was on the neck of his guitar.
what a great lesson,your amazing, great ear,great teacher,great player.
my sentiments EXACTLY (just too shy to type that out!)
tremendous breakdown.....Thanks
So sweet...This is a great video lesson...one of your best...ron castro
Yeah Wes! Now you're talking about one of the truly great guitarists. That solo is also one of my favorites. It shows that you can really swing without speeding up the tempo.
Thanks for your channel
Really great job! Cheers from Brazil.
GREAT LESSON ! THE BEST EVER ! WONDER FUL GUITAR SOUND TOO !
I agree about this solo! I learned it about thirty years ago but forgot the reharm. Great analysis!
That Dbmaj7 in the turnaround is c’est magnifique
hahaha omg, i’m learning this song i can’t believe you love this much as i do. i’ve only got half way through the solo. nice one rick 💖
Thank you.
hi Rick thank you for this amazing analysis of Wes's solo on Days and Wine and Roses! I know this solo well since I transcribed it many years ago as well as other songs by Wes. it's so happens that at the end of the summer I'll be going to Bogotá Colombia to play a concert or two as well as do a couple of workshops. Part one of the workshops, I want to focus on the solos of Wes Montgomery. I'm planning on featuring a couple, analyze them and figure a way to teach them.
I'm also shedding 10 Wes tunes for a gig next week!
I really like the solo for here's that rainy day, mostly single notes except for the octave parts
awesome!
You talking about Wes Montgomery is about as good as it gets for a student like me. Thanks
thank you for everything you do! at the moment you make my life haha!
great explantion
FANTASTIC AN ALIZE THANKS
Awesome !! Thank you for this video. Wes is my favorite jazz guitar player since I was a tennaged boy. I wish some day you can do the version of "Bésame mucho " in the same album "Boss Guitar".
Watch Wes on Nica Dream he has to constantly tell the rhythm sect what beat sound he wants . Wes was a genius so one thing you have to know he’d lead you into what he wants to feel & this how Wes played by feel & his fantastic ear . I’m glad Wes never sounded anything like you’re to analyze.
Wes created his own melodies within his solos, melodies that seem to be influenced by the era or region that inspired the song. Nica's Dream and Besame Mucho (Boss Guitar) are my favorites
Besame did it for me.
Debussy always change dominant chords to minors. This is something that Wes always did also.
Trumpet players too!
Nice...
How come Rick Beato doesn't have more subscriptions and views? This is masterful stuff!
+Not Right Music Because I have only been doing this for 6 months. It will take 6 more to really get going.
Gotcha - well, good luck!
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Rick, this was a fantastic discussion. I've been working out this solo for the past for weeks so this was a perfect piece for me to further understand what he was doing. Here is an added thought: Much of what Wes is doing is about enclosures. For example in the Bbm7 in the 7th measure (not including the intro) the 3rd note (Db) goes to A natural and up to C. We see this in other places too. (14th measure-----the Bb13 to the G13---- -the triplet- (F-D#-E). What do you think? Thanks for your excellent work.
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.
Did Wes know how to read notation or some degree of music theory? I'm thinking, i could be wrong, that he did it all by ear which is pure genius in my mind. He had incredible ears, like yours, for sure.
He knew music theory very well. There's a video ua-cam.com/video/zscOSmLTejQ/v-deo.html Start at 15:00 Wes explains all the key changes and sub chord changes as they rehearse the tune. People think that because Wes didn't read music (like many of the great guitar players) he didn't know anything about theory. All great jazz players understand theory. By ear and to explain it.
A pity! This video is not online anymore.
Great lesson! And I'm a sax player....
Claim: Wes never used his pinky finger in single-note lines, only in chords and octaves. What do you think? This is my conclusion after watching several videos of him.
Learning / struggling how to play lines that lead into the chord
Very nice analysis! Do you think Wes think about all this techniques and concepts when soloing? Or does he just play without even thinking much?
What a breakdown of a song. Thank you so much. Amazing video.
I’ve always found Wes to create the most amazing melodic solos and what is fascinating is the footage when he plays.
There is no locking into positions. It’s very horizontal playing and I think the way he views the neck is incredible.
His sounds, subs, and tonalities are just amazing.
Also if you notice, Wes rarely uses his pinky, no evidence of a CAGED system at all.
I think that by not using his pinky, his tones always sound great, because these are strong fingers to use on the neck, the pinky is the weakest and can sometimes sound it too, so he never suffers from that.
Thank you once again for this break down. I don’t think there will ever be another Wes.
Just a true master musician.
Great analyses. You have a great ear! How long does it take you to get into such a solo? I love your videos and make publicity for your Beato book (which i study right now) on my Facebook. It's really full of knowledge at a fantastic price. You deserve a place in the pantheon of music!
Great! Wes+jim+ornette=pat
I love your way
Of the many 'new' directions in jazz i find the style of players like Avishai Cohen (bass) , Tigran Hamasyan , Shai maestro very interesting . Do you think you could do a video about something like that?
Lovely tone, Rick ! What string gauge are you using ? Are they flat wounds ? Thanks
Rick, thanks for another awesome video. Wes was so incredibly gifted and you clearly explained what he did from start to finish. I had to laugh at the 23 thumbs down. They probably also think that Leonardo Da Vinci was no big deal and Oscar Peterson played too many notes.
He did play to many notes
Those who can't become critics. Aesoph nailed it in his
fable The Fox and the grapes.