by Richie Zellon | Comping, Jazz Theory
Don’t Play That II-V! (Diatonic Reharmonizations) If you’re like most players, when you’re comping and come across a II-V, you likely play the prescribed changes! If you see Dm7 and G7, maybe you even play a Dm9 and a G13…But did you know that with just a...
by Richie Zellon | Comping
Mick Goodrick – GMC Major II-V-I On November 16, 2022, Mick Goodrick, one of the most influential guitar mentors in the history of jazz, sadly passed away! You may be familiar with some of Mick’s cutting edge jazz guitar books, such as “The Advancing Guitarist”....
by Richie Zellon | Comping
Chords w Harmonic Identity Disorder If you’ve been playing guitar long enough, at some point you’ve probably read some notation or TAB for a chord voicing and the familiar shape you ended up playing was being called something completely different than what you always...
by Richie Zellon | Comping
6 Chord Substitutions To Enhance Your Comping How would you like to add a fresh sound to those timeless standards you play over and over again? If so, in this lesson I teach you some cool substitution formulas you can apply to 6 frequently used chord types! After...
by Richie Zellon | Comping
Comping w Triads in 4ths- Part 2 In the 2nd part of this series, I show you how to derive voicings in 4ths from any scale and extract 2 quartal triads that you can use to comp over minor II-V-Is ! If you missed the first part which introduces voicings in 4ths for...
by Richie Zellon | Comping
Comping with Triad Pairs in 4ths -Part1 Have you ever noticed those impressionistic piano chords that Bill Evans used when comping behind Miles on “So What” or McCoy Tyner for John Coltrane? They are voicings in 4ths and add a fresh modern sound when combined...
