The Art of the Chase

#011: Masterclass with Peter Mazza - Exploring Rhythmic and Harmonic Ideas Over "Stella by Starlight"


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This episode is a round two with renowned NYC-based jazz guitarist, Peter Mazza (Ep. #010). We had such a huge response from listeners wanting to hear Peter go more in-depth on his playing, practices, and musical concepts that we recorded another episode focused on just that, with even more examples than before. In this episode we cover his rhythmic and harmonic concept, polyrhythms, how he practices triads and arpeggios, how he creates interesting intros and outros, the key principles of accompanying a vocalist, comping with a piano player as a guitarist, and much more. Although Peter is a guitarist, any serious musician will learn a ton from what he shares. If you're interested, I made a 5-pg. bonus PDF for this episode including the musical exercises we discuss in standard notation and tab. Send an email to [email protected] with the phrase "Episode 11 Bonus PDF" in the subject line and subscribe to my mailing list at TheArtOfTheChase.com, and I'll send it to you.

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The Art of the ChaseBy Chase Maddox