Somebody Asked Guthrie Govan To Play JAZZ! Guitar Tab

[@LeviClay]

Download my 10 most popular transcriptions for FREE - bit.ly/Top10Tabs

[@Blaert]

Thanks for giving us the tab, so we can all play it.

[@stephenhanlin2388]

😂

[@Patrycz4k]

😢

[@FDM-dd3jx]

@@stephenhanlin2388 Ye, man, I thought the same haha

[@gazzalanzarote5431]

I sight read it😜

[@noelzhu1986]

yes i played it by ear

[@danielpatrickswain]

This is the band The Fellowship. They used to play every Thursday in Chelmsford, Essex. I had never seen such wizardry before my first time watching them when I was at college. Amazing

[@LeviClay]

I know... I was there most weeks

[@jamesmcclusky3120]

i saw them i month or so ago in a working mens club in dartford. it ws astonishing. and £8 on the door haha

[@zuiiii666]

Chelmsford!! unreal, and so cool!

[@frannyp46]

Saw them about 12 years ago at bassment. £5 to get in and spent an hour with Guthrie after the show round the back rolling cigarettes ! Lovely man.

[@danielpatrickswain]

@@frannyp46 thats the place in CHelmsford yes

[@TheAdventChronicles]

I've seen Guthrie live twice and he was incredible. He's just on another level.

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

You should have taken the elevator.

[@revhill819]

@@TheCompleteGuitarist No, he needs a spaceship.

[@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk]

That back and forth with the sax player... Omg dude 🤯

[@davethomas1641]

Loved the "air sax" playing at the beginning

[@victorwilburn8588]

Wow, that is insane. And I love how the sax player was ghost-playing in parts, to keep his mind engaged, I imagine.

[@lozruston2204]

Guthrie is so great, his tone is great, his not choices are great...awesome rhythm. Hearing this just makes me want to practice

[@deanandthebeans857]

Interesting hearing Guthrie applying his rock chops and his phenomenal ear in a jazz situation.

[@rl2905]

He is finest most well-rounded guitarist I have ever seen and heard.

[@martonandorka]

Steve Morse...

[@t9899]

Thanks for tabbing this out as if I could actually play it

[@nirajmehta6424]

loved the call and response between him and the sax player. that was awesome

[@christianalexander368]

It takes like 4 times the effort to alternate pick those lines than a sax player which is what blows my mind at how seamless and precise he is.

[@Bebopopotamus]

Try picking it all with your tongue.

[@procyon6445]

significantly harder on sax in my opinion

[@bremlquan]

Yeah lol it's def more complex to finger and blow ​@@procyon6445

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

Just amazing! So smooth, and outlining the changes all of the way through, too! Masterful.

[@hearpalhere]

Man, there really doesn't seem to be much of anything that Guthrie can't play with convincing feel and virtuosity. You rock Levi for making these transcriptions! Guthrie's coming to Hungary in November with the Aristocrats... I'm really hoping I can catch them live.

[@YouGottaFeelYourLine]

Ez komoly? Basszus ott kell lennem, köszi az infót!

[@willmercury]

Not convinced. This sucks.

[@hearpalhere]

@@willmercury I checked out your channel and can see that you can play as well. I think it would be more constructive for you to comment what you think Guthrie should be doing instead, if you feel like there is something wrong with his solo here. Saying it sucks without additional information isn't educating us but if you know something more, it might be helpful to explain it. Hope you have a great day!

[@Septicshites]

@@hearpalhere😂

[@ymelfilm]

Szia Paul:) Guthrie was in Vnam too, but Hanoi was too far for me. Hope u r doing well,cheers!

[@felipeaguena5289]

There's nothing much that hasn't already been said about Guthrie so I'll just say the sax player was also pretty great!

[@tedcabana]

Not just his amzing technique and skill. But that tone he dials into just sets the scene like no other!

[@jonbuckley]

And they never asked him again :)

[@bitcoinman9202]

Why I would keep ask

[@dylanmagoffin6681]

Man humbled dude on the sax 100%

[@hiramurahide2674]

Rather like a banjo feel.

[@hhattingh]

​@@dylanmagoffin6681 For real! Would make anyone choke

[@insightguitars]

​@@dylanmagoffin6681I disagree the sax player is one of the best in the business, both of them keep playing together and have mutual respect. This video was 20 years ago.

[@LukoKingsley]

There is no better guitarist alive. He has collected all of the infinity stones.

[@martonandorka]

Steve Morse, Matteo Mancuso

[@realtruenorth]

Matteo Mancuso, Alan Holdsworth, Eric Johnson, Scott Hendersen, Frank Gambale, Joe Pass. Tommy Emmanul. Some of these guys passed away granted. But Guthrie is not the best in the world. Maybe top 20.

[@FernandoGarcia-lf6yh]

it's absolutely fantastic how he can improvise and get those "humor" licks, those that you laugh at the time you listen

[@iplaylespauls23]

He sounds probably the best a non-straight ahead player can sound playing straight ahead (and probably better than many dedicated straight ahead players do). I think he still sounds like a fusion player but i have no doubt if he dedicated himself to straight ahead he would be very very scary.

[@oliverlovekin]

I agree. You can hear that his tone, vocabulary and time feel are not influenced by any Jazz guitarist, but his technique and harmonic awareness keeps him in the game. If he studied the history (classic recordings), listened to players with good time feel, and changed his tone to a clean, none overdriven tone, I think we'd all be done for :D A great guitarist indeed!

[@stringsnare]

@@oliverlovekin i would say his playing style here is more in the sound of swing country note choice with a straight feel? lol

[@emmanuelgunn8484]

One of the greatest guitarists you’ll ever hear!!!

[@bob5951]

Really sounds like a piano solo - WOW!!!

[@bestboy897]

guthrie is the guitar god of our generation he by far surpasses vai and satch with ease

[@deadwoodhoney7486]

I'm always amazed he isn't more well known. Truly a virtuoso's virtuoso I'm gonna go practice now

[@sat1241]

Govan playing somewhat in country swing mode Michael Batio has an old acoustic clip on youtube from called 1998 "jazz ballad". It's beautifully played . I would call it Spanish influenced smooth jazz. He also has another one has casually noodling called "Michael Angelo Batio demonstrates some jazz skills" where he plays more traditional jazz. He knows his jazz chords, has anther one, an instructional one called "Michael Angelo Batio's Jazz Progressions. " These are real jazz progressions. It's pretty good. You can see he plays some in a convincing jazz swing.

[@LeviClay]

the term "convincing jazz swing" is relative. When I play peek-a-boo with my nephew I do a convincing job of disappearing.

[@sat1241]

@@LeviClay in this video: Jazz Guitar Lesson - 24 Jazz Progressions (Progressions 1-4) at time 3:04 he plays some chords in old school (Pre bop) swing. I think it was pretty well executed. The test for me would be if he played a single line solo over swing drums and had convincingly supra peek-a-boo swing. Alex Skolnik definitely can, also Alex Hutchings. Govan also. Extra points if they have some Be Bop riffs at supra peek-a-boo level. Check out Steven Segal playing Donna Lee on a D'Angelico, nailed it

[@LeviClay]

@@sat1241 dude… this sounds like ass. Not only does it sound like ass… but he’s had to punch in to fix errors. You can hear it. It also swings like a statue’s cock. This is your classic “I read a book on jazz but I’ve never heard any”

[@paulwilson6357]

@@LeviClay Go on Levi, tab some Segal!

[@LeviClay]

@@paulwilson6357 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5y9Y3yviL6tZtU

[@emelssen5580]

This guy can play anything.... Incredible musician he is

[@skilalax]

The bassist is amazing

[@erikl6988]

I feel like no other player in the world can do what he does across the genres. He's incredible no matter what style of music he's playing. Guthrie "Encyclopedia of Music" Govan

[@EcheiTwoubadouw]

Well gladly you are wrong! As an example check Bireli Lagrene, who can play any style on the guitar... Or on others instruments 😂 but there are a lot of amazingly versatile players around the World, most of them still unknown from you or me...

[@obiem9319]

​@@EcheiTwoubadouw Bireli Lagrene can't play Country Chicken picken, funk or metal. Guthrie Govan would do circles around Lagrene. 😅

[@mynameisdave613]

Possibly Buckethead. It certainly needs to be a freak.

[@EcheiTwoubadouw]

@@obiem9319 well I'm afraid you don't know the man we're talking about

[@FenceThis]

@@obiem9319 Bireli can play anything !

[@BeachJazzMusic]

Truly one of the greatest of all time.

[@Knosferatu]

Respect for tabbing this

[@highseenburp2624]

The drummer tho clean af

[@harrisbeatsfrankou6304]

Person "Guthrie can you play some music from an ancient cosmic space empire ?" Guthrie...Smiles "Yes."

[@holliswilliams8426]

I'd say Coupon by Buckethead sounds more like music from an ancient cosmic space empire

[@harrisbeatsfrankou6304]

@@holliswilliams8426 Im sure one day Ill hear every piece of Guitar music ever written. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@Johnnysmithy24]

@@holliswilliams8426Buckethead in general makes space sounding music

[@benkwong920]

We can hear blues in jazz, jazz in blues. Enjoy the phrasing.

[@chrisjames1924]

All this needs is John Thompson’s character from the Fast Show to present his weekly edition of ‘Jazz Club’.

[@ThinPicks]

Niiice!

[@CharlieKnolesPlus]

I’ve never heard him play with this group before. Mindblowing! Are there more recordings of this band?

[@totallynotjohn8083]

I really like guthrie govan as a guitar player but imo this doesn't really sound like jazz.

[@heartycoffee4754]

imo it’s his take on it, so of course it’s not gonna be straight ahead jazz. not to mention that this is a jazz blues, so even though he’s playing some bepop lines, it doesn’t sound jazzy as something with key changes and 2-5-1s.

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

His speed breaks my brain

[@pauljamison8546]

love that little dip into fusion around bar 47. fantastic transcription as usual levi. have you had requests/commissions for the guthrie solo on the "john petrucci guitar universe 2.0" vid? i know it comes down to personal taste but that has to be close to his best.

[@NicHeuwGuitar]

This is awesome thanks for uploading this. I'm a big fan and really miss the Fellowship, I think Guthrie and Seth are really good together, totally different dynamics when compared to the Aristocrats.

[@markhouser9536]

I love Guthrie's playing but he is a fish out of water here.

[@michaelstevens8]

Of all the A List Guitar God's so to speak, Guthrie Govan has one of the Broadist Frames of Reference of Different Genres and Language. Its one of the things that makes him so amazing.This Jazz Language is very Western Swing. Although in my humble opinion, the most impressive Rock/Metal Guitarist with Jazz Chops is Alex Skolnick. He attended the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City graduating with a Degree In Jazz Performance. His band The Alex Skolnick Trio specializes in Bebop arrangements of Rock and Metal songs. On Alex's KZbin Channel, His playalong of George Benson's The Cooker is very good. Thanks.

[@nevertoofast2]

Check out Matteo Mancuso

[@michaelstevens8]

@nevertoofast2 With all Due Respect to Guthrie Govan, in my Humble Opinion, I believe Alex Skolnick has better Jazz Chops than Guthrie. And yes, Matteo Mancuso is an Outstanding Musician.

[@MelodicDreamers]

This is good, and he's improvising and playing through changes, but definitely doesn't sound like jazz. Still sounds like shred with some fast blues.

[@p.informatico1320]

Listen to jazz legend Al Di Meola, and then come back and say if he doesn't sound like jazz...

[@MelodicDreamers]

@@p.informatico1320 Al is a Fusion guitarist. Jazz ultimately has different meanings, but fusion typically is a mix of Jazz and other styles of music. Again these clips are good, but they don’t sound like traditional jazz, bop, post-bop or contemporary jazz.

[@samtotheg]

@@p.informatico1320 it doesnt sound like jazz at all theres a lot more to jazz than just the notes .

[@samtotheg]

jazz is more arpeggio based hes doing scale runs, jazz has a lot of arpeggios from the 3rd (saw none) pivot arpeggios (saw none ) starting the runs on enclosures or ending on them (saw none) using space to not play and come back on different parts of the bar (saw none of that either)

[@krishmah586]

¡Excelente muchachos! Felicidades 👍🏿🇲🇽

[@rk-a7707]

This guy is like water.. he flows with everything; everyone, every kinds of music, name anything that he cannot fit his music into.. i bet you can’t

[@TheMrMRsmoke]

Your mom

[@Fghjk-hs9zd]

​@@TheMrMRsmoke haha

[@seandangercampbell]

Wow! Some Guthrie footage I’d not seen before! Amazing trading there. Very much obliged for the transcription sir.

[@EJENRIGHTMUSIC]

Would love to hear him do an album of standards

[@eloyjazz]

wow!!!

[@mathewg1747]

the only issue is he has the wrong pickup for jazz and he is bending and using vibrato which "museum jazz" such as this does not condone. otherwise he absolutely killed it!

[@Bobby007D]

This guy can play !

[@hangerlanetheearthman9421]

i feel as if i can not even find my own fingers to type the word " Amazing " good enough for the mind melt that just took place ,,

[@N.A._McBee]

Geniuses 😁 All together! A fine demonstration of what Jazz can be!

[@Gabeflow]

insane

[@andreaspammer6542]

Guthrie the maestro govan

[@RobPoppy]

Holy…….greatness

[@skidogbill]

Fantastic!

[@dfnymusic3396]

He switches gears like no one else

[@brownsfan7753]

Awesomeness!!

[@shawnbryant60]

That's just dang good!

[@XennaC]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. My dude killed it.

[@jirikrajnak9047]

this devolved into country real fast. govan plays bebop about as competently as i do.

[@ronaldpapa8182]

Wow…. Fantastic!!

[@Andrewkafp]

Doesnt sound very Jazzy but its still phenomenal.. Rit is the Jazz man and Guthrie is just the Man..

[@monkeymuggs]

Jesus Christ, he's so freaking amazing on everything he puts his mind to.

[@AliceIsAtlas]

Anyone else hear in those wide spread intervalic licks he played something that sounded straight from a Mario videogame soundtrack?

[@ornleifs]

Holy Moly that was Fun !!

[@nyobunknown6983]

From 0:23 to 0:37 he was playing in the wrong key. He is lacking as a jazz player but could be if he put his mind to it.

[@David-mw3sb]

I love Guthrie more for his jazz and country playing. Which it must be appreciated he really does as a side thing! Thats how brilliant he is. We all love him.

[@emcg.9655]

I saw the Aristocrats last night in Glasgow on the first date of their tour. Was blown away, first chance ive had to see Guthrie live.

[@LeviClay]

You shoulda come found me!

[@CaledoniaKambo]

Dam! Didn’t know they were playing in Glasgow 😔

[@emcg.9655]

​@@LeviClay I was looking out for you, knew you'd be there lol 😂

[@LeviClay]

@@emcg.9655 I was hiding on the balcony!

[@cedrickaraguilian6041]

c'est un grand jazzman

[@billgerazounis5610]

Stunning🎸❤️

[@neonblack211]

ren and stimpy music got to love it

[@Balazak]

Why does this make me think of french polishing after a wild party? 😂

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Yes!

[@gr637]

Guthrie, with a bit of practice you’ll get there.

[@johnbailey9314]

Goat

[@ShredST]

I'm a big fan of GG but his jazz playing is honestly not very interesting. It's a good showcase of his versatility but I wouldn't care to listen to it

[@rrdwiki]

out of this world

[@yip2454]

He can play any genre

[@sEaNoYeAh]

Also they have a bass player!

[@fabieneldridge3414]

He is unbelievable !

[@TripleMMM1231]

David Goggins played sax??

[@jazzalmenasmusic]

Playing a Jazz Blues like a boss

[@JW-km3by]

Killer!

[@utkarshsingh3099]

David Goggins can play sax? 🤯🤯🤯

[@camerademuzica]

amazing

[@stringbender57]

Unbelievable! Guthrie is the man!

[@melanovapedia7924]

I really really love to see left-hand finger GG dancing, so satisfying to see, especially his pinky, ngl 🔥🔥 🔥

[@MindsEyeMuseGuitar]

So good

[@everydaydunhill7666]

the one of unique legends guitarist

[@BonelessCornbread]

I think they're playing Ornithology (or How High The Moon)

It's a simple blues in F

[@patricklow5652]

Thanks for transcribing this jaw-dropping solo, but this video just made me decide to sell my guitar and take up golf instead.

[@aussiechiro]

No chord solo hey?

[@pvlaur]

Beast 🫠🔥❤️🤙🏼🫵🏽🌹🎛️😸😁

[@aadityakiran_s]

What are the chords going in the background?

[@LeviClay]

jazz blues in F

[@aadityakiran_s]

@@LeviClay ok

[@effsixteenblock50]

The back stroke?

[@billycarter4832]

A true Alien

[@CAGED1702]

At 0:28 (bar 34 & 35): I can see Charlie Parker smile...😊

[@amziadi]

Yes! I heard that Donna Lee phrase there too… how many hours has this man spent studying and transcribing music? Unbelievable

[@芦村邦彦]

ドナ・リーってもの凄い名曲だ！ってのが分かる下り。 マイルスはジャイアント。

[@martinpaddle]

Posting jazz here feels a bit like when Holdsworth and Rosenwinkel played at the Crossroads festival

[@awangsastrawan5228]

King of improv

[@sigifredouribe7636]

Yngwie? Yngwie, time to go inside sir! 🤯

[@Passion535]

Superlative ! I wonder if he learned through transcriptions? Or, just by ear??

[@AliceIsAtlas]

As he is an incredibly knowledgable guitarist he probably learned from everything. By ear, by transcriptions and also by an extensive knowledge of scales, arpeggios and melodic sequences.