by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Playing Bebop with String Bends If you’re like most guitarists who got into jazz coming from a rock-blues background, and you still play a solid body, you’ve probably entertained the question…”To bend or not to bend?” After all, string bending has been an...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
How To Learn A Jazz Transcription With No TAB So you got a copy of a great solo transcription by one of your favorites, but there’s no TAB! How do you begin to decide where to play it on the fretboard, what fingerings to use, and how to extract improvisational...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Jazz Improvisation Facts & Fallacies- Part 2 In this second and final video of this lesson series, I continue to dispel many myths and half-truths about jazz improvisation. If you enjoyed the first one, this one goes even deeper as I clear up some common...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
Jazz Improvisation Facts & Fallacies- PART 1 The Internet has some good info about playing jazz, but then there’s a lot of myths and half-truths. And if you’re just getting started with jazz improvisation or you’ve been at it for a while and...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation
II-V-I Diad Lines In this lesson I teach you how to add new textures to your jazz solos by inserting “diad lines” in the midst of your single note lines. In case you’re not familiar with this term, “diad lines”, they are simply 2 note phrases, for the most part in...
by Richie Zellon | Chick Corea, Jazz Improvisation
Chick Corea – Bessie’s Blues Solo On February 9, 2021, I was saddened to learn that Chick Corea, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all times, had passed. So I decided to dedicate this lesson to his memory by transcribing the first 3 choruses to...
