Matt Schofield - Blues Guitar Artistry

Guitar phenomenon Matt Schofield has set the blues world ablaze with his fresh and passionate take on the genre. In this Hal Leonard video tutorial series, Matt personally teaches you the secrets behind his amazing tone and technique.

Videos

• Synthesizing Your Influences (10:38) - In this first video, we are introduced to blues guitarist Matt Schofield and then he talks about translating the sounds and riffs of your influences to your own playing style.

• Tone Production & Technique Pt. 1 (08:48) - Next we talk about the importance of tone and how to achieve the tone you are going for.

• Tone Production & Technique Pt. 2 (09:29) - In this video, we continue the discussion on tone and tone production.

• Extended Chord Voicings & Blues Harmony (10:55) - Here Matt talks about learning as many chords as possible and how to build them out of scales.

• Rhythm, Groove, & Timing (08:03) - In this video, we go over using groove through rhythm and timing to improve your playing and your connection to the band.

• Fitting Your Solos to the Song Pt. 1 (06:11) - Next we talk about solo's and how to fit them into your songs musically.

• Fitting Your Solos to the Song Pt. 2 (06:33) - Here we continue our discussion of solo's.

• The Blues In Your Playing (10:00) - In this last video, Matt talks about using the blues to influece all of your playing and then leaves us with his final thoughts.