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As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Your Guitarist Name: Pat Metheny

Write your essay here! :

Pat Metheny plays American jazz-fusion (jazz) and he is also a composer. Jazz is a style that covers a wide variety of styles of African-American origin. Pat Methney taught himself to play guitar in two and a half weeks.

Patrick Bruce Metheny was born in Lee's Summit, Missouri on August 12, 1954. Pat Metheny was the son of a car dealer. His dad and brother both played the trumpet, and Metheny learned to play both the French horn and the trumpet before taking up the guitar at the age of 14. He taught himself to guitar in just two and a half weeks.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. sample: "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

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 * Your Source List:** Current Biography (Bio Ref Bank), 1996

Guitarist Research Notes Table
//cells will expand as you enter your findings// || What do you like about his/her style? || Bruce Hornsby, Michael Brecker, Abby Lincoln, Roy Haynes, and Joni Mitchell ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings**
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || American jazz-fusion guitarist (jazz) and composer ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Pat Metheny ||
 * This guitarist lived from _ to _ || August 12, 1954 to present ||
 * Define and describe the guitar style you are researching. || Jazz- A style that covers a wide variety of styles of African-American origin. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || He taught himself to play in two and a half weeks ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || French horn and the trumpet ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || Wes Montgomery ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Able to play in almost any style. Jazz, rock, and country. ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || Plays both electric and acoustic guitars and is equally proficient on six- and 12-string instruments ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || He taught himself to play guitar in two and a half weeks, and before his 15th birthday, he was playing bebop in Kansas City jazz clubs. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || When Metheny was 19, he became the youngest instructor in the school he was teaching at Berklee College of Music, in Boston. ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || Pat Metheny is one of the few musicians to have won the enthusiastic endorsement of rock and jazz fans alike. Also the Soviet government invited the Pat Metheny Group to play a series of concerts in the Soviet Union. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || Bright Size Life in 1975 this was his first recoding that was big and sound that would become Metheny's trademark. Watercolors in 1977 his second album, and Pat Metheny Group 1978 his third album with each of these recording he moved further away from his trademark. ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || Metheny's interest in exploring various musical styles, which can be traced to his life-long fondness for many different types of music, provides endless opportunities for improvisation, which is the hallmark of almost all his efforts. ||