Matt Otten
Matt Otten is a dutch jazz guitarist and composer connected with people like Maria Harp, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and the fusion jazz bass playerGary Willis i Scott Hendersons Tribal Tech.
Here’s a ordered series of smooth jazz guitar video lessons by Matt Otten on YouTube (the link is to his profile on youtube):
Being creative with a single scale, part 1 and 2
Lesson on how to create interesting solos over a single harmony with just a singe major scale - through good tone, rhythm and phrasing.
You can download the backing track for this lesson from Matt Ottens and Maria Harps page at Soundclick. Click “Music” and scroll down to the bottom of the page to Backing Track 1.
Being creative with 2 (or 3) scales
Download backing track from Matt Otten and Maria Harp page at Soundclick. Click “Music” and browse down to Backing Track 2.
Matt Ottens "Minor Masquerade" from his album "Secret Combination"
The tune is available on iTunes. Learn to play like this:
Matt Otten "The Only One" from his album "Secret Combination"
Fabulous «smooth jazz» video lesson with chord from Matt Ottens sitt studio, in four lessons.
| Bm9 (or Bm7) | Em7 (or Em9) | F#sus7 eller F#11 | |
| Gm7 | A11 eller Asus | Cm7 | Cm7 |
Bm9 (x2x232)
Em9 (x25432) b in the bass
A11 (5x543x)
Dmaj9 (x5465x)
Ab9-5 (4x433x) sub for D7
Gmaj7 (3x443x)
Dsus2/F# ()
Em7 (0×5430)
F#11 (2x210x)
Bm9 (x2x232)
Album
- Matt Otten plays Elferink Guitars (Sept, 2004)
Other External links
- Matt Otten's Jazz Guitar Improvisation Exercises and Examples. A “full package of 25 exercises/examples of jazz guitar improvisations, from very elementary to advanced levels, including explanations, tips and practicing advice for each example, full guitar sound tracks, custom backing tracks in various tempos for practicing, guitar midi files and a fretboard visualizer VSTi plugins...”. See his wiki for more on these lessons.
Matt Otten on YouTube
Users videos:
