by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Theory
Peter Bernstein’s Chord Melody Snippets If you’re a jazz guitarist or aspiring to be one in this day and age, you’ve most likely heard of Peter Bernstein. If not, it’s time you check him out as he is one of the finest and most influential players of the day! If...
by Richie Zellon | Comping, Jazz Theory
Diminished Chords Intensive When it comes to playing diminished chords, most guitarists resort to one or two of the same voicings. But, did you know that when a progression calls for a diminished chord you have dozens of chord voicing options to play? In this lesson I...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Theory
Ravel Chords for Jazz Guitar-Part2 In this 2nd installment of Ravel Chords for Jazz Guitar, I go deeper into Ravel’s impressionist harmony and its application to jazz standards. For starters, I play and analyze an excerpt from a composition that many believe...
by Richie Zellon | Chord Melody, Jazz Theory
Ravel Chords for Jazz Guitar Did you know that the bebop pioneers discovered how to use upper extensions from analyzing the music of the impressionists…namely Debussy and Ravel? But the exploration of impressionist harmony on behalf of jazz musicians did not end...
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...
