CHORD MELODY
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6 Minor Jazz Blues
I'm excited to introduce the first of a 6-part Series on minor jazz blues. For starters I have selected one that hopefully you should all be familiar with...the Wayne Shorter composition, "Footprints" originally recorded by Miles Davis on the album "Miles Smiles"....
Mr. Syms – Chord Melody
In this lesson I want to teach you a chord melody arrangement for a unique 12 bar blues by John Coltrane. It's called Mr. Syms off the album "Coltrane Plays The Blues".... And it's unique in many ways! First of all the harmony is very hybrid. As a matter of fact,...
Body and Soul – Chord Melody
If you had to learn at least one ballad to include in your repertoire, which one would you pick? Allow me to make a suggestion... In this video I teach you my fingerstyle chord melody rendition of a beautiful standard that has established itself as one of the most...
Countdown Chord Melody
Transcribed from video: I recently posted a chord melody arrangement and harmonic analysis of "Tune Up" by Miles Davis. Well, it so happens that John Coltrane was the saxophonist on the recording of that tune. About a decade later he took this interesting 16 measure...
Tune Up – Chord Melody and Analysis
Transcribed from video: Today I bring you the 4th in a series of video tutorials titled "Standards for Jazz Guitar" in which I first teach you the single note melody and then show you how I harmonize each note and come up with a chord melody arrangement for a given...
“Speak Low” Chord Melody
Transcribed from video: This is the third in a series of video tutorials entitled "Standards for Jazz Guitar" in which I first teach you the single note melody and then show you how I harmonize each note and come up with a chord melody arrangement for a given...
“Lady Bird” Chord Melody
Transcribed from video: Today I bring you the 2nd in a series of video tutorials entitled "Standards for Jazz Guitar" in which I first teach you the single note melody and then show you how I harmonize each note and come up with a chord melody arrangement. For this...
Solar – Chord Melody
This is the first in a series of lessons I've entitled "Standards for Jazz Guitar". In them I first teach you the main single line melody to a chosen standard, followed by a detailed harmonic analysis. After this I demonstrate how I go about and harmonize each note,...
Over The Rainbow- Chord Melody
In this video tutorial I teach you my fingerstyle chord melody rendition of a standard everyone should recognize...even if they're not into jazz! This one always tends to bring out a smile in kids and adults alike, whenever I play it. Of course I'm referring to "Over...
My Funny Valentine- Chord Melody
In this video tutorial I teach you my chord melody rendition of a standard ballad often associated with Miles Davis. And I'm referring to the Rodgers and Hart composition, "My Funny Valentine" which works beautifully when played as a fingerstyle solo jazz guitar...
Alone Together Chord Melody
This chord melody lesson is over one of my all time favorite standards: Alone Together ! I fell in love with this piece after first hearing it played as a duet by Jim Hall & Ron Carter. However for my rendition, since Ron wasn't available to play with me (lol), I...
“Just The Way You Are” Chord Melody
A chord melody lesson of a gorgeous tune which you're most likely familiar with..."Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel. This is considered one of the "new standards" and features all the usual jazz harmony we'd find in any of the classics from yesteryear. To make it...
“Stompin’ At The Savoy” Chord Melody
Here's a finger-style chord melody lesson, this time of one of my favorite standards associated with the swing era: Stompin' at the Savoy. It's a timeless standard that first became a hit by the Benny Goodman Orchestra way back in 1936. And it just so happens that it...
“My Favorite Things” Chord Melody
My Favorite Things (transcription from the video) If you're one of those guitarists that is jealous of how pianists have all the advantages just because they can get a fuller sound using both hands to simultaneously play a chord and a melody, and you believe this...
“Imagine” Chord Melody
Hope you had a chance to check my previous video lesson in which I shared a chord melody arrangement of a Beatles tune...but re-harmonized using some Coltrane Changes! This week I am happy to bring you another Beatles related solo guitar arrangement. It is a jazzy...
How Insensitive Chord Melody
In this lesson I teach you a fingerstyle chord melody arrangement of "How Insensitive" by one of bossa nova's most prolific composers...Tom Jobim! In several interviews, Jobim mentioned his admiration for classical composer Frederic Chopin, so it isn't a coincidence...
The Look of Love Chord Melody
In this lesson you will learn a finger-style chord melody arrangement of a popular composition by a prolific songwriter who initially made his mark in pop music during the 1960s. Although you don't hear his name that much in the world of jazz standards, I personally...
All of Me Chord Melody
In this lesson I'd like to teach you not one, but actually 2 chord melody arrangements of "All of Me"...a super popular standard! The first arrangement is for solo fingerstyle guitar and the 2nd one is to be played with a trio or pianoless small group setting. So...