Scatting is an art, I believe. When done live with a piano accompanyment, it goes beyond the virtually invisible boundary of art to becoming unexplainable. Unexplainable to me at least.

Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin.

The best thing about guitar-playing in the 70's is that back then you don't really have a lot of high-tech gizmos to help you create unusual sounds, so you really have to work on developing your skills and nurture creativity in your bloodstream to conjure some magical melodies from your axe.

Al Di Meola.

Stanley Jordan shares the same birth date with me by the way, except that he's a good 14 years older.

It's simply amazing to see this guy tapping effortlessly with all ten fingers simultaneously. Enjoy the video and accept the fact that God created some men with enormous talent so that most of us could emulate and admire them. And hopefully become like them too.

Some SRV licks with great tone

Author: Ghostpipe

I'm not really an SRV follower but blues has always been my style of playing. The licks in this video is simplicity played at an admirable speed and accuracy.



Give me 2 months.