by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Comping
Lego Chord Melody-Melodic Minor So you’re probably wondering, what on earth is Lego Chord Melody? Simply put, it’s one of those seldom taught guitar concepts that don’t appear to have an official name. I usually prefer to describe it using the terms, “interlocking” or...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Kenny Burrell
“Smile” – Chord Melody & Kenny Burrell Solo Kenny Burrell meets Charlie Chaplin? Not exactly… Nonetheless, he recorded an incredible rendition of “Smile”, Chaplin’s beautiful composition for his 1938 film, “Modern Times”. And in this week’s...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
In A Mellow Tone For this week’s video I’m happy to share with you a standard I had fun arranging during my summer hiatus. And it’s a swinging Duke Ellington favorite… “In a Mellow Tone”. This chord melody arrangement for fingerstyle solo guitar is also a...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Secret Love Did you know that some of the greatest jazz standards are originally classic movie themes? To name just a few… “The Way You Look Tonight” (Swing Time / 1936), “Someday My Prince Will Come” (Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs /1937), “As Time Goes By” (...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Fingerstyle
Joe Pass Fingerstyle Arpeggios I’ll never forget that day in 1974 when I walked into a record store in San Francisco. While sorting through the jazz section, I came across a newly released album titled Virtuoso by Joe Pass, a guitarist I had read about but had not yet...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
“Blue Bossa” Barry Harris Style In this lesson I show you how I take a standard in a minor key and harmonize the melody using the 6th diminished chord concept associated with the late Barry Harris. For this task I have chosen “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham....
