Pat Metheny
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
70 age
August 12, 1954 Birthday
Lee's Summit, Missouri, U.S. Birthplace
www.patmetheny.com Website
Social
Shows
About
Pat Meheny is a prolific jazz guitarist, composer and bandleader. He leads the Pat Metheny Group as well as working in various solo and group projects. Over his decades long career Metheny has earned 3 gold albums, won 20 Grammy Awards in 12 different categories and regularly tops critics' and audience polls. Metheny is seen as an innovator within the genre. He was one of the one of the first jazz musicians to treat synthesizer as a serious instrument and continues to experiment with the technology and sounds. In addition to his own groups Metheny has also collaborated with artists such as Gary Burton, Ornette Coleman, the Heath Brothers and Brad Mehldau.
Trivia
Pat Metheny was named a NEA Jazz Master in 2018. At age 19 Pat Metheny became the youngest person ever to teach at the Berklee College of Music. Pat Metheny helped to develop several new kinds of guitars including the soprano acoustic guitar and the 42-string Pikasso guitar.
Early Life
Pat Metheny was born outside of Kansas City, Missouri in 1954. He comes from a musical family; his father, grandfather and older brother all played the trumpet. Initially Metheny studied the trumpet as well, but switched to the guitar at age 12 after seeing the Beatles on TV. By age 15 he was playing with some of the top jazz artists in Kansas City. Metheny earned a scholarship to the University of Miami but determined he wasn't cut out for academics so he was given a teaching position at the school instead. He spent a year teaching at the University of Miami followed by a year teaching at the Berklee College of Music. In 1974 he joined vibraphonist Gary Burton's group and then Metheny created his own group in 1978.
Pat Metheny Solos
1993
Electric Guitar solo - Turnaround - 1993
4/4 swing in C major at 156 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Soul Dance - 1993
6/8 waltz in D minor at 206 BPM
Acoustic Guitar solo - Make Sure You're Sure - 1993
4/4 ballad in D♭ minor at 57 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - The Deserving Many - 1993
4/4 swing in B♭ minor at 270 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - We Had a Sister - 1993
4/4 ballad in G♭ minor at 56 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Whittlin' - 1993
4/4 swing in D minor at 252 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Wish - 1993
4/4 ballad in G major at 67 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Blues for Pat - 1993
4/4 swing in F major at 136 BPM
1987
Electric Guitar solo - Syzygy - 1987
4/4 swing in F major at 300 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Nothing Personal - 1987
4/4 swing in G minor at 241 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - Original Rays - 1987
4/4 straight in F major at 188 BPM
Electric Guitar solo - My One And Only Love - 1987
4/4 ballad in C major at 59 BPM