by Richie Zellon | Jazz Theory
7 Exercises to Learn Any Scale Learning and mastering scales is something we all must do before we can actually play jazz. After all, scales serve as our music alphabet! And so in this video, especially recommended for jazz newbies, I show you some of my favorite time...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Theory
Deconstructing Rhythm Changes When I started studying jazz, I was told that mastering Rhythm Changes would help me become a better improviser. What I wasn’t told and didn’t realize for a long time is that Rhythm Changes is all over the place, often in disguise!!! But...
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 | Jazz Theory
Master the Dorian in Record Time If you are transitioning from being a blues/rock player to learning jazz, in this lesson I show you the 7 note scale that is easiest and fastest to learn first! And no, it’s not the traditional major scale! In this video I reveal 3...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Theory
8 II-V-I Variations Unless you are totally new to jazz, I’m sure you are well aware that its most frequent recurring harmonic progression is the II-V-I. And for this reason we tend to spend a great portion of our practice time, both learning to comp and improvise over...
by Richie Zellon | Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Theory
Triad Pairs PART1 Click Here for “Hexatonic Triad Pairs PART 2” Just in case you’re wondering, “what on earth is a hexatonic scale?”, let me answer that first. Being a guitar player, I’m sure that you’re familiar with...
