Scott Henderson Discussion

Noel Johnston! Noel's my main man. I used to be his student at UNT until I started taking from Fred Hamilton, and we share gigs from time to time. Noel's a serious player--I'd recommend his newer a ...

It's in 4, same tempo as the rest of the tune. The rhythms are just a little weird. Some half-note triplets in there, for example. You'll get it!

"Rituals" is a tune written by Scott, and it's on the Tribal Tech album Nomad. He also recorded it more recently with his blues trio on Well to the Bone.

Sorry you feel that way, Tritone. But you shouldn't post such a flagrant remark about a legendary guitar player. If you don't like him, that's up to you, and you're perfectly entitled to dislike his ...

Sounds cool! You might want to try making the bass note different from the melody note. On your example the bass is F-Ab-C#-D-F#, same as the melody line. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but so ...

Check the previous "Answers to Your Questions" threads...there's 20 of them. I'm sure I saw that he answered both of these questions in there somewhere. If you can't find the answer, THEN post this ...

Yeah, it's basically the same thing. I actually got it from an online lesson on Andre Bush's website some years ago. I haven't heard much out of that guy, I just know he's an L.A. based jazz guitari ...

Well, this will sound pretty boring in comparison to most...but I like the sounds! Here goes...

--'97 American "Strat" (now with Carvin neck, Lace Sensors, Wilkinson trem...totally different guitar ...

A friend of mine told me a funny story from back when he was at USC. Scott came to give a clinic, and the guitar ensemble performed some old Tribal Tech tunes (ones written by Scott) at their concert ...

Hey Andy,

I think some good players to transcribe if you're just starting with it would be guys like David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, and guys like that--basically, players in the rock/jazz ...

Adding to the above list, for some fusion-era Sco, definitely check out Pick Hits Live. Gary Grainger on bass and Dennis Chambers on the kit...grooves so tight and clean you could eat off of them...a ...

Hi Jeff,

I used to have trouble making a flowing line through changes too. All the above suggestions are really good, and here's some things that helped me...hope they help you too.

I don't kno ...

Good stuff John. I also wanted to mention the use of scalar voicings. I think I already showed you this John, but I'll put it up here.

Scalar voicings are really good for composing, comping, and ...

Just wanted to start a thread dealing with fusion/jazz composition. Share your chord progressions, reharmonization, tips on getting out of ruts and making more "modern" sounds, etc.

Lately I've fi ...

As much as I would LOVE to hear some new Tribal Tech, I read in an interview from a few years ago where the magazine asked Scott if he would ever do a more jazz-oriented album. He said that if he did ...