Rocco Zifarelli Video Masterclass Pt2

In the second instalment of this six-part video feature, Rocco Zifarelli demonstrates some smooth Dorian lead work over a fast paced, fusion blues backing track, Harlem 72. Jon Bishop is your guide.

- Jon Bishop

This month we welcome back Italian fusion wizard and guitarist for film composer supreme, Ennio Morricone, the fantastic Rocco Zifarelli. We invited Rocco to take on another Jason Sidwell penned track, this one entitled Harlem 72. As Rocco explains, the core tonality for the song is the A Dorian mode which contains the same notes as G Major (G-A-B-C-D-E-F#). The song briefly switches to D Minor so Rocco follows with D Dorian (D-E-F-G-A-B-C) which has the same notes as the C Major scale (but starting on D).