by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
White Christmas It’s that magic time of the year again, and I just posted a new jazzy chord melody arrangement of a holiday favorite! I’m referring to Irving Berlin’s classic “White Christmas”. It’s a solo guitar piece with lots of nice chord voicings. If you start...
by Richie Zellon | Bossa Nova, Chord Melody
God Only Knows Brian Wilson may not be a jazz musician, but among the great compositions he wrote during his career with the Beach Boys, there is one that is as harmonically sophisticated as any of the standards included in the Great American Songbook! And I’m...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
I Fall In Love Too Easily – Chord Melody If you like ballads, please check out this chord melody arrangement of “I Fall in Love Too Easily” written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. It was originally introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film, Anchors Aweigh and...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Comping
Chordal Planing So what on earth is planing? It is often associated with a practice that was frequently used in the music of Debussy and Ravel. During the late 19th century, composers started experimenting with the use of upper extensions in their harmony and ended up...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Comping
Monk Chords for Guitar Do you like bebop? Do you like Thelonious Monk? Are you looking to expand your jazz chord vocabulary? If so, read on… In my newly posted lesson I share several snippets of Monk transcriptions I’ve done, in order to adapt some of his unique...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Theory
Ravel Chords for Jazz Guitar-Part2 In this 2nd installment of Ravel Chords for Jazz Guitar, I go deeper into Ravel’s impressionist harmony and its application to jazz standards. For starters, I play and analyze an excerpt from a composition that many believe...
