I Got Rhythm (fast tempo) - Achim Kohl - Bebop Jazz Guitar Improvisation

another of my favorite songs from George Gershwin, If you want to play a transcription of this solo, go to www.klangfarbe... , there you can download the tabs with the full track and the backing track.

[@AJV8BALLER]

After playing for 11 years I think "Yeah, I'm pretty good" and then I watch this and cry in the corner. All jokes aside this is infinitely more impressive to me than metal shredding, it just takes on such a rich tone as well as just makes you feel good and is a raw characteristic of American history. Simply perfect

[@jbeeyes]

I play jazz piano since 2016,it was no joke its very complex. I also play metal guitar,it requires speed tho when I play master of puppets by Metallica. For me,metal is like doing a marathon while jazz is like solving very complex math problems.

[@potzko2552]

why not both? did you try progressive metal? or some classical guitar? :) I recommend bach for high musicality with technical skill and villa lobos if you are at that level, also Stimpy Lockjaw if you prefer prog metal. :)

[@Shrimpilla]

@@Ppstate32 Actually what he plays is very technical, fast jazz lines like this require good technique

[@alward5678]

I totally agree, Aaron.

[@izzy6string]

In my opinion, this is the best solo guitar version of this song I've heard.

[@HARTYNMUGHES]

I will never, ever understand how anyone can possibly learn how to do this, regardless of how many hours of practice. Insane.

[@felixdada2044]

Huuuuuh this is really wonderful and marvelous

[@markford6154]

Out of this world; perfect phrasing and superb musicality.

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Thanks Mark, it took me some years of practicing to come so far . . .

[@eohippusone]

I love the playing, but especially the tone! So clear!

[@junemarkwales1227]

sooooooooo many notes, mind blowing.

[@winstonduggin7592]

I'm taking a bungee jump here...and I can't swim. I'm a guitar player...sort of...from Guyana, giging in and around Miami. Chet Atkins and Hank Marvin were my early inspirations. I've listened a lot...Kenny Burrell, Joe Pass, Tommy Emmanuel, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Stevie Ray, B.B. King, Ernest Ranglin, Segovia....basically, across the board. If it's good I will listen. Meaning ABSOLUTELY no disrespect to the aforementioned giants, (maybe it's the Johnny Walker Black kicking in) I was blown away by your "I got rhythm." Jazz has always interested, captivated, and confused me, perhaps because it has an embedded tendency to almost demand interpretation. Fabulous. Thank you. You too Vince.

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Thanks Vince, all the best for your playing!

[@slickwillie3376]

Bebop sounds awesome. Can't wait to learn it.

[@maxwillow3483]

If Charlie Parker came back to life, he would be blown away by this fabulous piece of fast tempo bebop guitar brilliance! Achim is definitely the 'cat's meow' A total blast-thank you Achim!

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Thanks Max !

[@dkwvt13]

Killer double stops, 8s and chord melody...! Really nice, Thank You...! 😎

[@okami9634]

that tone is so soft and warm

[@MatiasHerranz]

Man, those fingers go fast! Thanks a lot, your music is a pleasure for both the eyes and the ears. Cheers! From Córdoba, Argentina.

[@921FM]

This is extremely impressive, inspiring, and even intimidating! I'm so happy to have stumbled upon your channel, especially this specific video. I just started getting into jazz and I'm also learning to appreciate it even more now that I pick up my guitar and try to make it sound the way you do; and find it to be rather difficult lol. Thank you so much for all these videos, I'll continue tuning in :]

[@manuelllano3540]

Outstanding performance Achim, amazing fingering and swing...

[@MrVidsAllDay]

You make it look so easy.

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

+MrVidsAllDay thanks, but it's hard work, believe me . . .

[@guitarrasco]

Excellent articulation and note choices.. BRAVO

[@DifferentBreed21]

Incredible. And so smooth. Looks effortless

[@alward5678]

Crazy good, Achim

[@enmarcanete4798]

HELO SIR ACHIM GUITAR PLAYING ARE YOU AMAZING... GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS..

[@sturdychinfilms]

Great, your phrasing is inspiring. I had to cop a few of your lines from the Autumn Leaves solo and ill be doing the same for this one!

[@ReverendRicktaScale]

Great licks ,tone ,and technique, triple crown winner !

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

thanks Rick :)

[@v2vroth]

Thanks for sharing, your playing is inspirational and your chops are killer!

[@kempini]

Excellent....like a bebop machine gun on the western jazz front!

[@michaelrich7918]

Well done.. Masterful playing!!!! From Florida..

[@Jaynesgang]

Excellent!! Man, could I learn a lot from you. Such articulation......and you actually have something to say!! What a fine musician you are Achim.

[@ThomasMLampe]

Some of the cleanest playing I've seen... Great job Sir!

[@550Guitarman]

That's the most amazing thing! I can play most of this stuff, but make MANY muffs that have to be 'covered up' with slurs and smears. If there's a better living jazz guitarist out there, I'd love to hear an example.- Charles Bevell

[@caliskaterdrummer]

Just insane! The bass and drums sound fantastic too

[@MacacoBrancomusic]

Wow licks for a lifetime! Great stuff!

[@pierrenox8091]

Great work, man!It 's quite huge...I've been killing my mind by trying to get it!That one is very,very,very,very hard...

[@puravida1949]

Excellent playing!! Bravo!

[@oqueedeuseoquechamadodeus5346]

muito bom trabalho

[@toniamarchesiello7508]

Love this a lot 🎶🎸🎶👌✌

[@KS-ff4cr]

What a tone!

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

TOTALLY IN THE ZONE, GREAT IMPROV. AWESOME SITE, 137, GOT IT, THANK YOU, B

[@mraggrovator]

Top class playing.

[@george_collins_guitar]

this is jaw droppingly amazing

[@lucasbaugh9371]

Wow. Your playing is amazing. It's very fun to listen to. I aspire to be able to play like this one day. Keep up the great work!

[@benmau6585]

I'm Benedetto from Naples -Italy.......Congratulation Achil..... great sound and excellent choice of chord....i have discovered your channel casually one week ago ....your lessons are very very precious....and your improvisations are splendid ..... one more ...one more....:):):)

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

hi benedetto, thanks for your comment, greatings to italy, more video lessons will come soon . . . regards, Achim

[@kiady88]

very nice execution and phrasing

[@patrefkorwa9371]

You like alt picking tech so much. Its very nice

[@tecnolover2642]

Now that is music!

[@youha432guitar_planet5]

STUNNING....

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

BRILLIANT CHORD MELODY, LOVE IT, THANKS, B

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

This elite level, rarely seen.

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

😎🙏

[@johnmorrell]

Achim, your school is near Mainz, Germany. Do you play live shows anywhere in the region? Where can I find out about any live shows you may be doing? I have watched this several times and every times it just gets better and better and better. What a goldmine of teachings you are offering. Danke sehr, bin wirklich dankbar für alles was du angeboten hast. Thanks.

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Thanks John, I don't play live shows anymore. I'm really busy here in our music school, as you know I have a lot of students here in Mainz, but you can always watch me playing jazz here on KZbin, best regards from Germany

[@SuperDeLaSol]

Great tone, Flawless Technique! My highest respect to you, i'm sure it wasn't easy to be this good!.

[@francismcalister7811]

This kind of videos are not for the faint of heart

[@alainvosselman9960]

Great playing. Especially the last part where you played more chords rather than single note lines. That was totally Kenny Burrell -smooth both as bad-ass ripping.

[@bryanguzman9289]

Wonderfull

[@mozzy917]

this is really good

[@piresamadeu9846]

E muito raro ver um guitarrista solando a melodia e no mesmo compasso improvisando parabéns

[@luisdavidgonzalezcarmona3805]

Awesooome!!!!

[@AbrahamVandenberg]

Impecable.

[@showme1493]

well done...im putting down my guitar for the rest of the night now

[@tiagorldr]

Awesome!

[@uklamtahes1966]

Technical Death Metal

[@shuvbhowmickbestin]

Ahmad Rizal meshuggah

[@MetalMarauder]

Shuvankar Bhowmick meshuggah is not technical death metal

[@locktodeath2141]

If distortion turn on must be technical death metal 😂 😂 😂

[@frankymarino6420]

Ahmad Rizal death metal lol lol

[@Mr1977725]

yessssss........... very good!!!!!

[@shredderSupreme91]

Freakin insane man!

[@globaljazzman]

really nice

[@EriccsonGuitarBassMan]

hi dude am interested in purchasing the backing track and the score, but I have a question since I speak no German, if I buy from your website no way do I get the files to my email ?? greetings from Mexico

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Erick Ignacio Flores Cano you can purchase the tracks and the tabs directly in my english shop: download.klangfarbe-noten-shop.de/dpshop/__Download/Jazz%20Guitar/_30.03.html all you need is a paypal account.

[@piresamadeu9846]

Improvisação clássica

[@briandefusco1544]

wow!! amazing!!

[@mrjazz9999]

Man ! Well Done !!!

[@bassiclogic]

Great player!

[@Abhishek-pb6rv]

Great playing man.. Can you do a lesson on basic bebop phrasing. Like how lines are put together in a harmonic concept?

[@salzulli6290]

What kind of guitar is that? Looks like an ES model, but I don't really know guitars as well as I play them :P

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

it's a Gibson ES-137 Custom, nice guitar . . .

[@EmmanuelNaidoo-j2m]

❤😂This is GREAT music i❤

[@josemiguelmandolesi4199]

good job man!

[@guitargamesxDE]

Very good! :)

[@andrefjbernardo]

Sounds good! :)

[@samuelandrade3117]

An expression used for us,in Brazil,looks like "awesome",or "amazing"... " FODA,esse CANAL É FODA" Muito FODA

[@angelosilva2337]

HueHueHuehue BR

[@luc6287]

i would say something like é de cair o cu da bunda

[@TheJazz61]

Thanks Achim .i can see you have a site in english too.

[@pickingfeeling5096]

Magic

[@nicklasjensen1497]

dude that was great.. well played man :) what tempo is this?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Nicklas Jensen thanks, it's about 250 bpm . . .

[@godservant7902]

How to get those beautiful clean sound..what amp did you used?..thanks in advance master

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

I don't use an amp, I play directly in my audio interface and add some effects to the guitar sound like EQ, compressor and Reverb. The gauge of the strings, what sort of pick do you use and how you hold it has also a great influence of your tone.

[@TheSamuraiApocalypse]

It is so confusing to me how guitarists like this can come up with different ways to phrase melodies on the fly. How does he think of a way start a melody already knowing how he wants to expand it while he's already playing one at the same time?

[@ahuhehihause1]

+TheSamuraiApocalypse after you train scales, licks, harmony a lot, it is just about letting you brain flow... do you know how to start a conversation? do you think about the entire conversation or you just talk? it is pretty much the same.. we improvise all the time

[@rubikscubiksofficiel8309]

+danu murti True

[@salzulli6290]

It helps a lot to listen to a lot of the music you play. I'm a blues rock guitarist, and I listen to a lot of Led Zeppelin, SRV, Hendrix, Willy Dixon, etc and have found that improving is a lot easier than if I were to play Jazz. Learn the basic scales, and learn a handful of songs, along with licks and riffs, listen to guitar jazz like this, and it'll come to you.

[@s.b.5036]

The guy obviously plays a lot of licks here..the things thats really unique about jazz, motivic improvisation and rhythmic variation is not happening here...just line after line and repeating them

[@annonymeandfish]

once you've got the tune's key, and basic melody you can go up and down different scales, appegios, pentatonics etc. just like when you talk, youre fingers walk on the neck.

[@giannigeo7375]

Great!

[@lionelcampos9868]

Great 👍

[@Dimamidima]

Maestro

[@gertzpalma]

Muito bom!

[@charlesdumouchel9975]

Great !!

[@giorgiszacharopoulos3908]

Super

[@GreyHorse019]

That's HOT!!!

[@skilalax]

How did you improve this licks and rhythm? I am new to jazz guitar playing and i really want to learn

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

First of all try to learn the basics of jazz improvisation, look at my videos "How to improvise - Part 1 - 6", that's a good point to start

[@skilalax]

Achim Kohl thank you so much sir, your videos are so enlighten

[@quickstep2408]

wow, some great phrasing there! do you play in a band?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

In the moment I have not enough time for live gigs, I do a lot of jazz guitar lessons here in Germany and KZbin videos.

[@lucaguitarplayer]

very impressive... but what can you do with a classical guitar with this track?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

it doesn't work with classical guitar, only with electric guitar . . .

[@김정수-f2d1l]

wow.... good...!!!!

[@TheMourningPalace]

What type of gibson is that and what amp do you use? It sounds amazing!

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

here is my gear list for my jazz videos: Gibson ES-137 Custom, Pickups: Gibson Classic 57 Strings: Dr. Thomastik Bebop Strings 12 -- 50 Picks: Jim Dunlop Tortex Jazz III with a sharp tip Cable: Monster Studio Preamp: Avalon U5 Audio Interface: Apollo Twin Computer: iMac 27'' with Logic Audio recording software

[@TheMourningPalace]

Thank you so much!

[@nocando17]

Man whats that soloing technique called at :32?

[@1999jessjess]

I tried buying the music and your website went let me open the cart can anyone help?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Sorry for the problem, but you can also order by e-mail, please let me know which download do you want to buy and I'll send you a direct invoice by PayPal. Best regards

[@stigmatone]

great playing !!! what is your strings ?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

jkstigma I'm using d'addario ELXL115 strings nickel wound 11-49, not very expensive . . .

[@АлександрБлаговещенский-и3м]

Ахим Коль !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@legomypancakes]

can some one name a few really good jazz guitar players that play real fast i just herd a song on the radio that left me wanting more but have no idea what it was called it sounded acoustic i heard the last half and it was some really fast stuff kinda reminded me of metal playing towards the end he throws in some chords cant really explain it

[@vladislavshopov1872]

Joe Pass probably. Give blues for Alice a shot , kinda fits your description from what I remember about it. Other names are George Benson , Martin Taylor , John McLaughlin.

[@1233farhan]

what a sweet tone, your gear please ?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

My guitar is a Gibson ES-137 Custom, I do not use an amp for recordings like this, I play directly in my audio interface, adding just a little compressor, EQ and Reverb, that's all. For live gigs I play stereo with the G-System from TC electronic over two Polytone Mini Brute Amps.

[@JoeSourBauer]

Are you using sweep picking?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

yes, one of my favorite techniques . . .

[@zombie_music4life]

can you do a tutorial on it pleases like you did for autumn leaves??

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

+swapnil jam1025 I can do that, but there are a lot of other video in planning . . .

[@zombie_music4life]

+Achim Kohl ohhhh.... okay then... please do it if u get time ... thnx

[@renatoguitarist4993]

5 stars

[@RRaps3]

How many years does it take to get this good?

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

+RRaps3 I've been playing jazz guitar since 1983, it's been awhile . . .

[@bianges1]

Where is the Text for rhythm Cord. I can not follow you. Can u add Text for those cord progressions in the video, so i can learn it. I like your video, but i can not follow it.

[@AchimKohl-JazzGuitar]

Sorry, but there are too many chords, that's not helpful for this video, watch it and enjoy the music, it's really advanced stuff . . . best regards from Mainz, Germany