IMHO there is too much focus on speed. It comes naturally unless you really need gonzo speed. Guitarists today may be faster than Charlie, Django and Wes, but do their solos permanently tatoo your mind like those cats? So far not for me. I can appreciate the skill, but for me it is more of a wow factor than musical inspiration. For those familiar with JJ Cale, maybe the laziest guitar soloist ever, and he was such a major influence on Clapton that he recorded a cd with him. Most of those simple solos from classic pop and rock, Beattles ect are still etched in my mind. Would the Beatles have been better with a shredder? I say no way. I strive to fit the tune, enhance the tune rather than try to impress with chops.
@cf23figueroa2314 сағат бұрын
Great lesson as usual Richie. Since I started learning the heptatonic systems as you teach it, the fretboard now makes sense to me, both vertically for improvising with good voice leading as well as horizontal to easily and smoothly expand the range, I have taken many lessons privately and with Berklee online over the years, and no one taught me this system or something similar, much less the approach to improvisation based on it. I highly recommend it, and yes, go get Richie's books as they will open the road to learning to improvise.
@RichieZellon14 сағат бұрын
Thank you kindly, glad to be of help!
@kumkanimtengwana1938Күн бұрын
Beautiful. The explaination of the CAGED system in the beginning is great bc it gives clear picture of how these chords are derived. The heptatonic is a great resource to have bc now u know as a guitarist that if one line doesnt come out smoothly on the fingers theres 6 more to try. What was new for me is the economy picking ive been using alternate but now ill have to slowly get to grips with this great technique. Always a great pleasure listening to u. Shalom✌🏿
@RichieZellon19 сағат бұрын
Thanks, happy economy picking! :)
@ericfredenburgh4577Күн бұрын
I like to unlock the cage it’s not CAGED it’s cBagFed it’s the alphabet. Open chord forms ascend the neck in reverse alphabetical order. Step out if the cage!
@vvbluesКүн бұрын
My understanding is that the chord shapes don't dictate the scale pattern in CAGED. You can play any scale fingering you want around that chord shape.
@RichieZellon19 сағат бұрын
It's the other way around...scales dictate the chord shapes...and if you can use any fingering for any chord, what purpose does C-A-G-E-D serve?
@vvblues17 сағат бұрын
@@RichieZellon To see chord tones mapped out across a position of the neck within scale patterns. I never said you can use any fingering for any chord. I said you can use alternate scale fingerings around a CAGED chord shape. This includes scale patterns with either two or three notes per string. The way you explain it, it sounds like you're saying scales are taught a specific way around a CAGED chord shape. I see the underlying scale patterns in the CAGED chord shapes but no one is tied to that.
@RichieZellon16 сағат бұрын
@vvblues If you're using alternate fingerings that don't generate the actual chord shape, I think it's pointless, at least from a jazz guitar perspective, especially when mapping chords to scales when playing chord melody.
@vvblues15 сағат бұрын
@@RichieZellon I appreciate you getting back to me. I guess we're looking at the fret board differently. For single note soloing and improvisation I'm looking at the CAGED shapes as the most important notes within any scale pattern I decide upon. I never feel beholden to one pattern. I switch between CAGED scale shapes and three-note-per-string patterns while always having a chord shape available. Thanks again. Love your channel.
@mindjobКүн бұрын
I use a 5 position fingering that I figured out when I was 20.
@rolfsimonsson2295Күн бұрын
Great video ! I’m off to the shed to test the hexatonic method. 👍🏻
@RichieZellon19 сағат бұрын
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
@aylbdrmadison1051Күн бұрын
I took a piano class at school. We didn't have a piano, so I taught myself how it works on guitar. Learning the 7 positions not only gave me the image of the entire fretboard, but switching between 3 notes per string, to 2 (on the G or B string, depending) got me to learn economy picking with both odd and even groupings. We can't not play them because a technique limits us, we just combine techniques.😊 This combination makes string skipping easier for me, too.
@RichieZellonКүн бұрын
Glad to hear that...it's just common sense!
@williamstanford7994Күн бұрын
Excellent lesson, Richie. For you classical guitarists out there, take your Segovia scale fingerings and throw them away. Get a copy of Scale Pattern Studies by Aaron Shearer and find out how to connect scale forms by the four shifting mechanisms. (And get Richie's books while you're at it!)
@anthonydecicco398Күн бұрын
How does the heptatonic compare to Jimmy Bruno's famous 5 fingerings?
@RichieZellonКүн бұрын
All 5 fingerings are usually CAGED. Don't know if Bruno teaches something different.
@aylbdrmadison1051Күн бұрын
The "heptatonic" 7 shapes gives a clear image of the entire fretboard. No matter where you are, you know everything that's next door, to everything that's all of the way down the road. If someone learns that with 3 note scales (in 7 positions), that can work too. But it doesn't help us learn to easily transition from 3 notes to 2 notes per sting. Regardless, a 5 position system for a 7 note scale leaves 2 blind spots. Hope that helps.😊
@jazzybeatle2004Күн бұрын
Jimmy Bruno is very adamant about calling his fingering system “Pitch Collections” even though it is CAGED based, and the exact same five fingerings Howard Roberts mapped out in his Guitar Compendium. These days JB pointedly dismisses an academic approach to teaching jazz guitar, as it wasn’t the way he and other jazz guitar greats learned their craft. He was more restrained when he had a master class at Musicians Institute years ago. Regardless, he’s a great jazz guitar player. I’ve assimilated Richie’s Heptatonic Fingering System, and I find it not only expands CAGED, but also encompasses the elements of 3NPS. It basically combines the extended CAGED version with 3NPS system. I highly recommend it.
@gibsonsg333Күн бұрын
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@j.rozman7016Күн бұрын
Hi, Richie. I just purchased pdf for this lesson: Is there a mistake in mode 4 of pentatonic scale: shouldn`t have been above 12 fret? because lay out is the same as mode 3, but dorian mode than goes above 12th fret. where to get more music theory behind dorian mode? thanks! Cheers!
@RichieZellonКүн бұрын
Some notes overlap but they are different. Mode 5 is written an 8ve lower there just for convenience. This is just for starters . I normally teach 7 fingerings for the dorian or any 7 note scale. Watch my video on fingerings kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZqiKqLGmrdXSc3U.html
@steveprager78622 күн бұрын
So good! Doo dot!
@RichieZellon2 күн бұрын
😁 Thanks!
@KBMars2 күн бұрын
Essential and entertaining
@tanat4245 күн бұрын
2:25 fast full sec1 3:54 sec2 4:46 sec3 5:22 sec4 5:59 sec5 6:54 sec6 7:54 sec7 9:02 the last sec 9:31
@kristofer6037 күн бұрын
More Please.
@rwjazz12998 күн бұрын
someone needs their Sadowsky set up
@RichieZellon8 күн бұрын
Are you with the jazz guitar police? 🤣 I think it sounds and plays great!
@luizbittencourt8808 күн бұрын
Fala aí professor Richie é a primeira vez que vi o seu vídeo aula sensacional estou querendo aprender a tocar jazz você é muito bom vou acompanhar seu vídeos e compartilhar com amigos que queiram aprender esse estilo musical
@RichieZellon8 күн бұрын
Muito obrigado! A propósito, se você estiver interessado, tenho vários livros em português. Você pode obtê-los em freenote.com.br
@Tanglangfa8 күн бұрын
Finally someone who breaks the licks into digestible, learnable pieces instead of going “like this” and playing an entire solo. Thank you!!!!
@RichieZellon8 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
@jeromemanceau42639 күн бұрын
Where can I find Ed Bickert music sheets online? I love his music and would like to get songs to play, preferably with double bass. Anyone knows? I found a site from Francois Leduc but I am not sure about leaving my card details there, the site doesn't look great.
@RichieZellon9 күн бұрын
Unfortunately there are no published Ed Bickert solo transcriptions that I know of, just what you find scattered online.
@ricaard11 күн бұрын
Maj9#11?
@RichieZellon11 күн бұрын
Yes! Why?
@ricaard11 күн бұрын
@@RichieZellon I was confused because you kept saying Maj7#11, and I kept hearing that 9 😄
@apresmidi15311 күн бұрын
I'm a big Tal Farlow fan and read an old interview where he mentioned the tombeau specifically as a favorite.
@Georgie197213 күн бұрын
Спасибо!
@RichieZellon12 күн бұрын
You're welcome!
@gabrie40613 күн бұрын
It's ironic: I was born and raised in Cuba. I spent years studying guitar, with a special focus on rock and blues, and it wasn't until my last 3 or 4 years in Cuba that began to listen to Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson, John Scofield, and so on, that I started playing jazz, but never, ever felt any interest in playing Cuban rhythms. Years later I now live in the US, and now more than ever I had spent the last two years listening to Paquito, to Arturo Sandoval, Irakere, and all that music that reminds me of my home country, trying to recreate my "rediscovered" cultural background in my guitar playing... and thanks God I just found this channel with all these unique lessons. Thank you so much for this, sir
@RichieZellon13 күн бұрын
Yes, you sometimes have to leave your original home and culture to rediscover your roots! 😄
@bills4832114 күн бұрын
In my Real Book there is an "e" at the end of the 4th bar instead of an "F'. Is it played either way?
@RichieZellon12 күн бұрын
That's the problem with Real Books and standards...they vary depending on the version it was transcribed from. But that's also the nature of jazz....If varying one note and it fits the harmony, it's fine. Every jazz musician varies notes and rhythms in their interpretation of a standard! The bottom line is: Don't worry about it. The jazz police won't come after you. :)
@bills4832112 күн бұрын
@@RichieZellon Thank you!
@danoloane16 күн бұрын
Hey Rich, fantastic lesson! So glad I found this . Hope you’re well, man… it’s been a long time!
@RichieZellon12 күн бұрын
Thanks Dan, great to hear from you!
@user-mk2ye7rz9o17 күн бұрын
Gibson es 330 is hollow not semi hollow
@RichieZellon17 күн бұрын
Read the note at the top before you comment!
@RichieZellon17 күн бұрын
Read the note at the top before you comment!
@majorleaguemodelsbystevewo945118 күн бұрын
Great lesson as usual and Great speak on J D.!!
@RichieZellon18 күн бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@tinymountain18 күн бұрын
God, this is great! Thank you Richie!
@RichieZellon18 күн бұрын
You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
@slydogtom20 күн бұрын
You’re awesome, my friend.
@DonaldPotter_ReadingZone20 күн бұрын
Very helpful information.
@timrobertson897229 күн бұрын
great stuff!
@brianfraneysr.532629 күн бұрын
Sounds of perfume excerpt from Debussy was beautiful. I’ve never heard it before. Thank you for introducing me to this musical genre
@user-by8gk9rm6nАй бұрын
11:19 D7 sus2 ? sus 4 is G.
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
I never said D7sus2! Go back and listen carefully. It's a Dsus...same as Amin with D in the bass!
@user-by8gk9rm6nАй бұрын
@@RichieZellon Δεν είπατε εσείς,το ξέρω. Η εικόνα το γράφει.Και συγνώμη.
@user-by8gk9rm6nАй бұрын
@@RichieZellon It is written in the sheet music, above the picture.
@user-by8gk9rm6nАй бұрын
@@RichieZellon Thank you very much for your offer. My love from Greece. I also love How Insensitive - Jobim. Do you teach it on video?
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Sorry but I don't know what you're seeing. It says D7sus4 not sus2!
@markyachnin1901Ай бұрын
This is a fantastic lesson. Thank you!
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@geraldcodyАй бұрын
Great video! Gonna start shedding.
@silphvАй бұрын
would have preferred to know it's a preview at the beginning.
@1loStuАй бұрын
How? How is it possible that this channel has only 61 K subscribers? Unbelievable!☹️
@tonyedwards4067Ай бұрын
great playing using only that b6 scale over ATTYA, that takes some serious work especially on the guitar.
@jimsuber6784Ай бұрын
I love it when I get terms for things I do. Thanks Mr. Zellon.
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
You're most welcome!🙂
@ili626Ай бұрын
Thanks Richie!
@MyJ2BАй бұрын
Great summary! Ed Bickert often used "planing" in his unique guitar style. Was Ed inspired by classical music or just very mindful of the guitar fretboard's tuning/organization that favours easy parallel movement of voicings. In addition, "Drop" open chords in jazz guitar are used, inspired by big band arrangements of the horns The aim is to "uncluster" tight closed harmonic voicings.
@ibrajimenez2098Ай бұрын
This is exactly why jazz os the best and also hardest on guitar! So mamy options and guitarist tend to noodle around scales and forget about chord changes and most importantly melodic phrasing. Anyways thank you!
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Thanks, you're most welcome!
@kitwarren2493Ай бұрын
Been obsessed with Jim Hall recently so this is perfect - no other insight or explanation close to this quality on KZfaq. Thanks Richie!
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Thanks, much appreciated! So much to learn from Jim Hall!!
@JamesSeaberryАй бұрын
I hafta buy this one too.
@ozwzrdАй бұрын
Bravo!
@geneh.smalley-px4krАй бұрын
Another fantastic lesson. A real eye opener. Thanks, Ritchie!
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Glad to hear that, thanks!!
@williamstanford7994Ай бұрын
I love your lessons, Richie!
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Thanks, much appreciated!
@JackR845Ай бұрын
Your videos are always insanely high quality and incredibly insightful! Thank you Richie!
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
Thanks Jack! It's good to know that all the hard work I put into them is appreciated even though it's a small audience. :)
@keithfre_nlАй бұрын
8": root position, not first inversion (unless you're just referring to the RH) ;-}
@RichieZellonАй бұрын
I am referring to the right hand as I'm talking about the planing which takes place there.