Learn to Play Guitar With Matt Smith
Blues veteran Matt Smith has a big bag of tricks and skills that he shares in his guitar lessons. Matt's sense of humor as an entertainer is evident
in his Blues guitar lessons too, which are tailored to intermediate and advanced players. In "Chop Shop," Matt delivers a variety of
guitar playing skills you want to have under your belt.
Intermediate Blues guitar players will learn how to play eight-bar Blues, Blues "in the style of," 4th string root 9th chords, discover the
Charleston rhythm, and practice an upbeat shuffle rhythm and advanced boogie patterns, plus learn 6 and 9 chords on the top three strings.
At the advanced level, Matt discusses a root 5/6 arpeggio, seventh and minor 7th arpeggios, scales, finger-shifting methods, a Hendrix chord
inversion, R&B inversions, and sixteenth-note rhythms.
Matt's Chop Shop is the place to learn the tricks you want to have in your gigbag: He'll share valuable tips, such as getting the most out of daily
practice, moving one note in a chord, or funky rhythm fills. Learn more about mastering the fretboard, chord-tone approach, rhythms and grooves,
and creating chord fills over a minor chord. He'll expand your musical horizon by introducing open D tuning and Travis picking, DADGAD tuning in
Celtic and Indian music, slide guitar techniques incl. Hawaiian Slide guitar, and harp scales. Discover the secret Country Blues diagram, and finish
the course with "words to live by."
recordings:What I Feel For You (2005)
Free Beer snd Chicken (2003)
Big Fun (2000)
Black and White (1998)
Delta Radio (1995)
Whisper to a Scream (1993)
Tanqueray Rocks: Live at the Ritz, NYC (1991)
Matt Smith Band (1990)
books:(National Guitar Workshop Publications/Alfred)
Matt Smiths Chop Shop
Iintermediate Blues Guitar
Essential Skills- Alternate Tunings
Beginning Blues DVD
Guitar Technique Encyclopedia
Basic Blues Guitar 3
Basic Blues Guitar 4
Technique – Bending
Technique -Speed
gear: Hamer Ovation Takamine Tony Bruno custom amps Genz Benz acoustic amps
Matt Smith is a busy NYC-based musician. Matt has performed at the NYC Blue Note as well as Carnegie Hall, Central Park Summerstage and Eisenhower Park with the NY Pops
Orchestra, under the direction of Skitch Henderson. Matt does annual tours in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland, as well as plays
regularly at guitar festivals. Matt"s has shared the stage and/or studio with B.B. King, Sheryl Crow, Trey Anastasio, Al DiMeola, Greg Allman, Los Lobos,
Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, Adrian Legg, Ed Gerhard, and many others. He is also on faculty at The National Guitar Workshop.
Started: Age 10 in 1971 Style: Roots, Blues, Acoustic Education:Matt is a self-taught singer-songwriter and guitarist who plays in just about any style. Instrument : Electric and acoustic guitar ,mandolin, lap steel, dobro,saz, cumbus, ukulele, banjo, tiple, cavaquino, tres, etc
