Thelonious Monk Chords for Jazz Guitar 

That was a great lesson. I've suffered from Monkaphilia from the first exposure to his music over 50 years ago, and I DON'T WANT NO CURE!!!!!!!!!

I sure did learn something! I’ve never heard of a m21 chord!! I’ve played it before as a “color,” but did not know the various possible applications. I don’t think I (or, especially a typical audience) could listen to it for an evening’s worth, but, it’s a cool way to tweak the ear if used sparingly. Great lesson, Richie!👏😁

Heck yea! Monk is the master of sounds. Was very happy to see this on my feed. I've been use F*a in bass/C# for A7, which I stole from him, and now I have some more to work on :)

Very informative and presented perfectly. Gives me a lot of homework. Thank you Richie.-Bill

I randomly bought a more recent Monk record in downtown Seattle when I was 15. It was Criss-Cross. I remember the record store owner being surprised as this was the time of Nirvana and grunge. I admit it was foreign to me the first listens. Eventually it started clicking and got me into Jazz.

perfect timing. coincidentally, I've just taken up to adapting Monk on guitar as well. thanks for the great lesson!

I knew Monk's grandson ( same name) , he was a good guy ‼️(@ the time I wasn't playing 🎸)

Thanks for yet another great lesson Richie!

Fantastic playing and such usable content. Thanks!

Another great video! The last 3 lessons have been so unbelievably inspiring! Thanks Richie!

loved monk as a teen

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful weekend ❤😊

I was kid entering college, listening to heavy metal, hardcore punk, & hip hop. Walked into the library one day and found a Monk bio. Remembered my dad playing Monk around the house (and a ref in a Simpsons ep). Brought that book home, downloaded some mp3s (Limewire era), and read it every day on bus rides w/ a shabby curated bunch of tracks on a cd as the soundtrack. Changed my ears and my life

I love chords like this Would extremely appreciate some Bill Evans chords/phrases!

Nice chord.

I think 'Round Midnight is my favorite of his tunes, and one of my all time favorites as well. Although I tend to go for Kenny Burrell's version, as I am a guitar player after all lol

I absolutely love this, thank you!!! I've always been drawn to more sophisticated (and often ambiguous) harmonic tensions, and Monk was certainly important in that realm. Along those lines, Ornette Coleman's 'harmolodics' always seemed a perfectly logical extension of Monk's approach to harmonic movement. Anyway, great stuff, cheers!

Absolutley Awesome.

Very hip lesson! Thank you. I just wanted to observe that all of these chords can be derived from the Barry Harris scales. You could call them "borrowed chords", but usually the guitarists I see talking about them (Chris Parks - "TILF Barry Harris", and Thomas Echols - "Labyrinth of Limitations") usually talk about 4 part harmony. It's cool seeing a jazz guy who has been around a while playing fully voiced piano-like extended chords. I really recommend both of those guys' channels as well if you haven't seen them, Richie. Min7add21, Maj7b13, and Majb6 could all be derived from the Major 6th Diminished Scale. The 7#11(no 3rd) I would say is from the Dominant Flat Five Diminished Scale. Cheers!

I’m a long time guitarist and continue to strive to improve after five plus decades of playing I’m feeling drawn to these beautiful tones . I’ve played by ear all my life and I’m studying theory now and really enjoying and improving. Thank you for your video. I’m glad I could find you

I'm a Monk-aholic, also. Thanks for this, Richie!

Great hat, dude, and a good jazz brain beneath it. Lovely insight

This is really great and quite thought provoking. I recently released a harmonica-adapted collection of Monk tunes called “HarmoniMonk,” and am looking for new dimensions of Monk’s oeuvre to explore for the next volume. I am headed out to your site to purchase the study guides. I’m sure it will be inspirational.

It's a fascinating presentation and insight into Monkist thinking, Richie but these sort of extra tensions beyond the second octave are currently a little too adult for my ear and palate. I'll keep trying though...I'm currently taking (and enjoying) a Monk ensemble class but we're limiting our arrangements to more conventional functional harmony.

I’ll come back when I’ll be a guitar grownup, in 50 years or so. Thanks anyway 🙏

I think part of Monk's harmonic progresssions had to do with contrary motion between parts and that's how some of those dissonances were arrived at. Therefore I don't find it useful just to consider one chord by itself. It was usually part of a progression and sounded better in that context.

Superb. I am one of those "classical " composers to whom ypu were alluding. What's interesting is the number of embedded "resolutions". I am a beginner on jazz guitar.

There's a repeated descending chord used over and over in Vangelis' score for Blade Runner. A slide. It's right out of Round Midnight.

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Sounds like crap!

First time i heard Monks music, it was yes