by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Pentatonics
How To Play And Use The Whole Tone Pentatonic- Part 2 In Part 1 of this lesson we learned about the origins of the whole tone pentatonic, its construction, and how to improvise over various chords using the concept of super-imposition. In this 2nd part I’m going...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Pentatonics
How to Play and Use the Whole Tone Pentatonic- Part 1 In this two part lesson I’d like to show you how to play and use a scale that most guitarists aren’t even aware of. I’m referring to the whole tone pentatonic. So where does this scale come from?...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Improvisation
The Minor 6th Chord: When & How To Use It! How often do you use the minor 6th chord? If you’re like most guitarists, your answer is probably going to be…once in a blue moon! Yet this is a very useful chord, especially when playing standards in minor...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Standards
Jazz Improvisation and The Art of Quoting In this lesson we are going to learn all about the Art of Quoting during a solo. In jazz, a quote takes place when in the midst of a solo we insert a recognizable melodic fragment from a different musical piece. Usually the...
by Richie Zellon | 4 bar Rhythm Changes phrases, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Pentatonics
How to Solo Over Rhythm Changes Using Pentatonics | Part 2 In PART 2 of “How to Solo over Rhythm Changes using Pentatonics”, I demonstrate a simple yet effective way to jazz up both the minor and major varieties of this scale. This procedure consists of...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Guitarist Signature Series, Jazz Improvisation, Jim Hall
This week I am thrilled to share a lesson entirely devoted to a signature technique employed by one of my all time jazz guitar heroes! I am referring of course to the late Jim Hall, known by many as the father of modern jazz guitar. Hall, known for his fluid legato...
