by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
“Have You Met Miss Jones” Chord Melody In this video lesson I teach a modern chord melody arrangement of a great standard written back in the 1930’s by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart…”Have You Met Miss Jones”. Curiously enough,...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
Blue In Green Chord Melody Have you ever wished you could play on guitar some of those rich, colorful chord voicings, that you often hear in the music of jazz pianists like Bill Evans? I know I did for the longest time, however when I examined some piano...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
Beautiful Love Chord Melody In this video I teach you 2 chord melody versions of “Beautiful Love”! The first one is a finger style arrangement that you can play solo. If you’ve watched some of my previous chord melody lessons on “Wave” or...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
Satin Doll Chord Melody For this lesson I’ve prepared not one…but actually two chord melody arrangements of Duke Ellington’s “Satin Doll”. I believe that this is one of those tunes that every jazz guitarist should have in his/her...
by Richie Zellon | Bossa Nova, Comping, Jazz Standards
WAVE: A blues disguised as a bossa Last week I posted a video teaching “5 Bossa Nova Comping Patterns” I picked up in Rio de Janeiro. As a follow up I just posted what I believe is the ideal vehicle to practice those comping patterns over. I’m of...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Standards
If you viewed “A Guide To Lead Sheet Chords When Comping”, you’ll recall my remark about keyboard players being the “Kings of the Jazz Jungle”. I also mentioned the unwritten rule for guitarists when comping in an ensemble with a...
