by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Aquarela do Brasil When it comes to Brazilian music, I’m sure you’re already aware that Jobim’s “Girl from Ipanema” easily takes first prize as the most popular bossa-nova worldwide! But how about the most popular samba? Most Brazilians agree it’s Ary Barroso’s...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
All Blues I’ve got More Miles for You! And don’t get me wrong, this isn’t an ad for a new Visa Credit Card (lol). I’m talking about this video! It’s my finger-style chord melody rendition of “All Blues” by Miles Davis from his classic recording, “Kind of Blue”…....
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
It Could Happen To You This is not meant to be click bait, so my sincere apologies if this title sounds as a cautionary warning! 🙂 It’s simply the title of my solo guitar version of a lovely standard written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Jimmy Burke which has been recorded...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Holiday Season
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas I hope you had a chance to check out my previous chord melody arrangement of Frosty The Snow Man. And since we’re still in time to learn one more for this season, due to numerous requests, I am excited to share another holiday...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody
Frosty, The Snow Man Here’s a lesson of a classic Xmas standard arrangement featuring some jazzy chord melody…Frosty, The Snow Man. If you get a head start on it now, you might get it down in time to play for Santa…that is, if you haven’t been...
by Richie Zellon | Bossa Nova, Chord Melody
Corcovado It’s bossa nova time again, and I’m back with a fingerstyle chord melody arrangement of the Antonio Carlos Jobim classic… “Corcovado” (a.k.a “Quiet Stars of Quiet Nights”). Throughout this arrangement I’ve tried to combine that cool bossa groove, with a...
