5 Ways Matt Schofield's "Blues Speak" Truefire Course Changed My Guitar Playing

[@matthewtaylor808]

Dude. After looking at your channel, I’ll say you deserve so many more views. Please keep it coming bro!

[@kckguitar4166]

Appreciate that, man. It’s been awhile but I’ll get back to it.

[@henrygerwien186]

@matt: True words, some for me!!!

[@jmc4404]

Im a truefire subscriber but I keep hopping around and never focus on one course long enough to finish it. Thanks for the motivation

[@henrygerwien186]

To make it a bit easy peasy: 1. Shifting minor to major tonal center 4:33 2. Gravity center 5:58 3. Cool licks 7:50 4. More comfort in IV. and V. position 9:19 5. New picking habits 10:35 I like to work with this video as an explanation! I discovered Matt S. playing only a few days ago and I.m soo much affected by his playing. Every real blues player should study that instead of boring repeats and endless noodling the minor pents of always the some things before. Thx Kevin for your help, KR Henry 😎

[@priceamp]

Very encouraging that you took 3 months to get through Matt's course. With all the KZbin etc., content now days, it can be hard to focus on one song or class and don't move on until you have completely exhausted the material. Guess I need to get back to "Blues Speak" 🙂Thanks for the vid!!

[@tonymarinelli7304]

Thank you, thank you! I’ve been combing KZbin for about two weeks trying to find a particular person that I’ve seen do guitar lesson ads and I liked his style but forgot which site he was advertising. As I’m watching your video, FINALLY and ironically Matt Schofields add for True Fire came on and it was the very add/person I’ve been waiting to pop up…..FINALLY and I hate advertisements ❤😂

[@Guitarslngr]

Nicely done. In addition to #5, his pick tendencies, his syncopation in and out of the beat creates a pulse that is just indecently alluring. I appreciate all of the hard work you put in before and during this video. Thank you!

[@kckguitar4166]

Thank you! It’s my pleasure!

[@robert_starling]

Matt is amazing! I just took a four day in-person workshop in South Florida with Matt, David Grissom and Gary Hoey and it was so over the top!

[@kckguitar4166]

The guy in this video must have looked pretty familiar then!!

[@robert_starling]

@@kckguitar4166 I was sort of thinking it looked like you but I wasn't 100%. Then when you soloed Saturday night, you definitely had so many of Matt's licks nailed. Great job! I recorded most of the acts on Saturday night. Didn't you do Everyday I have the blues? If I have it, I'll send it.

[@kckguitar4166]

@@robert_starling That was me! Sure, I'd love to see it.

[@stephenhanlin2388]

You really get the dynamics & nuances of Matt’s playing. Guess I need to get that course! Well done & thank you!!

[@andrew6072]

Awesome video! You will help many of us with it! Chris Cain is another awesome blues guitarist that comes to mind when discussing this topic! Thanks!

[@jorvand3190]

A seriously great summary of Matt's teachings. I worked my way through 'playing the changes'. And yeah, I agree. The stuff that stuck most was playing in 4th and 5th position, those typical pentatonic pull-offs that become plectrum picked notes instead and major thinking, instead of minor. Plus, indeed playing the changes, so that the scale you use, corresponds to the chord you are currently hearing. Anyway, very well put here. Thanks

[@kckguitar4166]

Thanks! Glad to hear from more people taking the study of Matt’s playing seriously!

[@danielcgomez]

My man ...I've been obsessing over Matt's playing for years. I started that Truefire course a while back, and to be honest ...I haven't had a chance to get back to it. I've actually spent a lot of time looking at some performances of Matt's ...and demoes when he played some noodling stuff, and I've been learning his style from those videos. But, after your video, I'm really gonna have to go back to the course, haha ...Matt really is such a talented player, and his style is so out there and melodic! Thanks for this!

[@kckguitar4166]

Thanks for watching, and you're welcome! You chose a good one to obsess over. Keep at it!

[@frontbum420]

How is his style “out there”?

[@henrygerwien186]

@um420 As I did understand, "out there" maybe can be described as "more colour" or "new tonal space"? I.m not sure, this are my words. E.g. adding the 6th of a maj. scale added (f# in A) and not coming home under mamas porch every second (a in A). Even the worst and helpless habits: Ending on the flat 7th, OMG! Are we driving Ford T-model today?? Shifting from c to c# in the same lick... upwards c#, downwords c etc. Building up tension and releave... using rests to let ring the string, not myriards of high speed acrobatic scales... maybe it.s that? KR Henry

[@rvprs22]

Thoughtful takeaways. Thanks

[@matthewtaylor808]

Great video brother and playing. Subbed!

[@robhead22]

I own this course but have not started it. But this was great inspiration! Thank you!

[@kckguitar4166]

That's great to hear! Matt's playing is wonderful, and the more people who are able to take something away from it, the better.

[@pipotherium]

Good job. Truefire is great stuff

[@RedLion88]

I think one should go into a course like this with prerequisites. Pentatonic scale is the key. While it's not the predominant tonality, it is still the predominant fingering for both major and minor phrasing and major blues is a hybrid of both in that you want major 3rds and major 6ths, as well as a lowered 7th. On top of that you want to know your dominant arpeggios all over the neck. When those are in place you can squeeze a lot more out of a course like this rather than just learning phrases and not realizing why they work.

[@ozkancanbay4963]

Thx, very nice and useful information

[@kckguitar4166]

My pleasure, Özkan!

[@NathanNagel]

I am very interested in this video but the audio in the main shot makes it hard to watch. I really like the rest of the video so keep up the great work. Maybe you’ve already resolved this issue. Great playing

[@ew6629]

I got the Blues Speak "Playing the Changes" course and just started that a few days ago. I assume you got the Blues Speak lesson without the additional title like the one I mentioned. I'll likely get that course as well. He's got 8 separate courses on Truefire right now. Appreciate your insight that you provided in your video! Gives me an idea what to expect, even if it's a different course. Thanks much.

[@kckguitar4166]

Hey EW, thanks for watching! Yeah, this video is about the original Blues Speak course. I have also gone through Playing the Changes, another great course but ultimately it's covering the same stuff - Matt's approach to improvisation.

[@ew6629]

@@kckguitar4166 Maybe I'll rethink purchasing the original Blues Speak course if it might be redundant. Thanks for the heads up!

[@tkjamtracks]

great tutorial!!

[@kckguitar4166]

Thank you! Appreciate it.

[@dragon43inf]

Great vid

[@kckguitar4166]

Thanks so much, Craig!

[@eyank57]

matt schofield is the best 👍👍👍☝☝☝

[@willgo7898]

Nice ... on all levels. What are you playing thru?

[@kckguitar4166]

Thanks for watching! I’m playing through Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 for most of this video. For the performance part, I’m straight into a Fender Hot Rod Deville at bedroom levels.

[@TrueFireTV]

🤟🤟🤟

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Never heard of this guy. Going to check him out. Jump swing jazz blues. Sounds like Hollywood Fats.

[@kckguitar4166]

Thanks for watching, Robert. I'm jealous that you'll get to listen to Matt for the first time! Discovering him changed the way I play guitar forver!

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

@@kckguitar4166 gimme three I need to see or hear...

[@simpsimpson5175]

congratulations you can play a Matt schofield improv note for note.. just hope the band doesnt throw a curve ball at you padre

[@kckguitar4166]

This video is about applying lessons learned from Matt Schofield's playing. Given the form of the blues, the opportunities for application are consistently recurring. I appreciate your viewership, Simp, but I might suggest a rewatch here to pick up on some of the finer points...

[@PatrickTengmusic]

I am a Truefire subscriber for many years but how come I don’t see this course haha

[@kckguitar4166]

Hm, I'm not sure about that one! You can always look up Matt Schofield under artists and find it that way!

[@lgx2410]

Great vid. Subbed. Dude, cut off the excess string. It serves no purpose!

[@kckguitar4166]

Hey, thanks! Appreciate the sub! As for the strings, haha, my old guitar teacher used to coil 'em up this way and I always kinda liked the way it looked so I've been going with it for years.