by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Courses
Barry Harris 6th & Diminished Chords For some time now, several students have been asking me to do a lesson on how to use the “6th and diminished” harmonized scales associated with the late bebop pianist, Barry Harris. However, I’ve been hesitant because...
by Richie Zellon | Courses, Jazz Improvisation
Improvising with Polygonal Shaped Tetratonics In this lesson I share with you a hidden fretboard resource for improvisation! I’m sure you agree with me that the guitar is a very visual instrument and many players take advantage of this feature to recall certain...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Courses
Autumn Leaves “Reharmonized” NOTE: The Above Video contains the Full Lesson Not Available On YouTube! In this lesson I teach you some fresh new ways of playing chord melody over one of the most popular standards…Autumn Leaves. Even if you...
by Richie Zellon | Comping, Courses
Walking Bass Lines That Swing PART2 In this video I bring you the 2nd in a 2 part series on Walking Bass Lines that Swing! For those of you that didn’t have an opportunity to watch the first part, I covered the I-VI-II-V major progression which is commonly...
by Richie Zellon | Comping, Courses
Walking Bass Lines That Swing This is the first in a 2 Part Series on Walking Bass Lines. In this first part we are going to use a major chord progression as the vehicle to learn the concept. In a future 2nd part, I will cover minor chord progressions. For this lesson...
by Richie Zellon | Courses, Jazz Improvisation
SLONIMSKY SYSTEM: 24 Permutations of a 4 Part Chord (Preview) What do John Coltrane, Allan Holdsworth, Freddie Hubbard and Frank Zappa among several other great music innovators have in common? That they all claim to have studied and practiced using Nicholas...
