I've struggled with approaching jazz harmony and improv for years and Barry Harris has transformed my playing like no other method. Especially his family of four dominants.
@jacerayan4457
3 жыл бұрын
Instablaster...
@beastmode-vc6kk
2 жыл бұрын
I know this is an old comment but you know family of dominants comes from chopin, liszt, Mendelssohn, etc ill send a cool chopin song that uses this techniques 200 years before people like to say the were invented
@beastmode-vc6kk
2 жыл бұрын
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@beastmode-vc6kk
2 жыл бұрын
I just bring this up because everything i mean everything barry talks about the great composers have at least tried before things such as borrowed diminished notes aswell
@beastmode-vc6kk
2 жыл бұрын
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@Pops4Piano
9 ай бұрын
20 years of hacking my way through jazz standards for a living, and now look.... there's the whole soundscape taken care of with two basic chord shapes I use all the time. thanks Adam!
@TheSoundConnoisseur
3 жыл бұрын
That instep is fire. Also I’m a pianist but I applied Mr Harris’s 6th diminished to my guitar playing and I’m totally TRANSFORMED
@zeroshadow6803
3 жыл бұрын
:) regardless of the instrument we play i always believe we can always learn from other instruments and apply to our own..everyone has something to bring to the table :)
@alicec1533
Жыл бұрын
Likewise! Well, I haven't applied it at all to my playing yet, but I am a guitarist, and this is all helpful and insightful.
@Taporeee
7 ай бұрын
It's brilliant.
@MisterJinglez
15 күн бұрын
Hey it’s been a while since this comment, but I was wondering if you had found any exercises or discussions online that apply the diminished 6th scale to guitar? Would love to see/hear how it transformed your practice/comping
@BlikeNave
3 жыл бұрын
The magic of his scale to me is that it gives the major key access to the fully diminished network via the most accessible chromatic note. When you think about it, we were only one note away from a fully diminished chord from our major key anyways, just needed that extra #5 to bring us into the fold.
@3r1cratpool22
Жыл бұрын
Realy, once you start using this, can go back lol
@JohnHorneGuitar
5 жыл бұрын
As a guitarist, I learned some of these ideas - particularly the passing diminished chords - from Wes Montgomery.
@PabloCardonaMusic
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a guitarist too and I learned some of these things before as well, but from Django Reinhardt
@louispearson8306
5 жыл бұрын
finding these solo videos on jazz extremely informative. As a long time classical teacher trying to grasp at jazz i really appreciate it
@graxjpg
5 жыл бұрын
Louis Pearson American jazz is the continuation of classical theory. Barry Harris’s own videos would make a great resource,
@stevenjones6780
2 жыл бұрын
Just viewed this again. The whole thing is really like "endless puzzle Chinese boxes". That #5/b6 note (G#/Ab in this case), also implies two of my favorite sounds: the minor IV chord and the Blues walkdown. Discovered these in a different way long ago just by being observant and- as a guitarist- listening to piano theory/jazz. So there's that 'pivot note' as I called it (G#/Ab): SHARED BY BOTH DIMINISHED AND AUGMENTED...
@KassayeGebre
3 жыл бұрын
Great job explaining Mr. Harris's approach. Especially the contrary motions and the minor 6. Glad I watched.
@sammikinsderp
Жыл бұрын
When you're performing the two note contrary motion starting from C. You can interpret it as borrowing d diminished and f minor, effectively modulating between C Major and C Natural minor. I didn't know what the 6th diminished scale was and you did a great job of explaining the basics of it. I'm learning my music theory so wildly out of order. Thank you for these amazing videos!
@stevenjones6780
2 жыл бұрын
Sure it makes it an 8 note symmetrical scale. As a guitarist that knows a lot of theory and loves to mess around with unusual shapes and sounds, I found Ab/G# as what I called a "pivot" note that anchors both augmented/whole-tone chord/scales with all 3 diminished chord/scales thus leading to sort of a "master mode" that all 12 keys emerge from. But Barry's 12 divided by 2 (Adam and Eve); divided by 3, etc, really makes sense of his ideas. I suppose it's just chromaticism at the end of the day, but it's fun and useful stuff for us theory geeks...
@ts8538
2 ай бұрын
A very helpful short explanation. Thanks!
@marianlevy9232
Жыл бұрын
Adam, brilliant! Thanks for finally explaining this to me- definitely going to work on these 🎶🎹😊❤️
@josephfelice601
4 жыл бұрын
It is a Minor Blues scale up a whole step up from the tonic. Make sense that it was for the "lineup" of strong tones on the beat? But who really improvises in direct step by step motion? I find it is more interesting for harmony.
@jazzpianousa
3 жыл бұрын
I like your comment early in the video about more than one way to skin a cat. It's so true and there's no one way to approach playing this great music. The problem with playing in a 'system' is that some players get trapped in following the system rigidly. There's a danger of following rules and just running changes and not allowing the ear to hear the melodies developing in their head. Barry has his harmonic system and it's one of many out there. I started working through his approach the last couple years because I like some of the harmonic colors and types of resolutions/voicings I've heard on some recordings. I do prefer guys who sound a little more adventurous like Monty Alexander and Cedar Walton. Personally, I still try to learn a song without a sheet/chart and listen to multiple recordings of the same song and transcribe the lyric(if there is one), the melody and harmony. This gives me multiple approaches on how to play a song. It's old school, but it's really rewarding.
@karljoensen
3 жыл бұрын
That's true
@zeroshadow6803
3 жыл бұрын
its a great way to develop your ear and gives more time and space to experiment in my opinion :)
@stevenjones6780
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, great to reharmonize on the fly with all sorts of different ideas and approaches.
@johnjacquard863
4 жыл бұрын
If you take a C6 CEGA Then take its dominant ( but in the form of diminished ) G#BDF Put them in a row CDEFGG#ABC So its all outlining the main chord on the beat ,but on the off beat is the dominant chord that belongs to it. C6 is also Amin7 ACEG What's the dominant that belongs to it? E7 ( but in the form of diminished) FG#BD Put them in a row. CDEFGG#ABC So it's not only that your outlining the Major chord on strong beat, and its dominant on weak beats. You are also outlining the telarice minor on strong beats and in the weak beats ITS dominant chord. It's just the beginning. Because a Min6 same as Min7b5 So this ISNT the same as putting a chromatic between every note. This scale isn't related to a key. It's about the main 2 chords ( tonic) And the 2 dominant that resolve to them. So if you wanted to think about this in terms of a whole KEY You would need to create one these for each chord in the key .
@sensnsounds6924
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing that out. Very usefull! Didn't notice the Amin7 - E7 thing. Brilliant!
@brendaboykin3281
4 жыл бұрын
Thanx, John. Telarice minor??? I missed something along the way, perhaps. TELARICE MINOR🤔
@ZXuCan
4 жыл бұрын
@@brendaboykin3281Relative minor?
@emanuel_soundtrack
Жыл бұрын
@@ZXuCan melabit minor sharp11? This one teaches you ALL styles
@jamesnesbitt1882
4 жыл бұрын
Woooo !!!! One of Barry Harris students👏👏👏👏👏👏
@richard9480
4 жыл бұрын
Just landed on your channel and found a pearl of a lesson. Thank you.
@norbert19able
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this interesting lesson. Norbert from France.
@helveticfpv550
Жыл бұрын
wow. you have beautiful eyes and you teached me the 6th diminished i've never heard of. thank you!
@richardruckert7954
Жыл бұрын
😊this sb named the block chord scale. Bebop changes chords/keys to frequently for the octave to make harmonic sense by the time it’s reached with swinging eigths.
@StudioChaland
5 жыл бұрын
It was a GREAT week Adam. Thank you very much. Rating for the week: 49*.
@nukiolbartes6279
10 ай бұрын
Try split them into drop 2. 2 notes on left and 2 notes on right. Then offset left n right to get more tension. (Dim on one, maj6 on another)
@hernannieto1
3 жыл бұрын
Nice ! I didn't understand this from the original video, but I got it right now, thanks !
@Monomorphismus
4 жыл бұрын
Video starts at 2:22.
@charlesbarry2485
2 жыл бұрын
I am still trying to figure out this method.
@Jazzcrime1
4 жыл бұрын
Intro song is killing ^^
@frankiesangiovanni691
4 жыл бұрын
emotion in motion by Peter Martin
@kdelvalle4696
Жыл бұрын
I unno who you paid to show up on my feed but I'm grateful
@sistalinda
Жыл бұрын
This is incredible beautiful and helpful. OOOH. And I sing my romance. Cool that you mentioned that as I was commenting!
@jeffgillson
2 жыл бұрын
Great video sir. I have watched a few and this made a ton of sense. Love you breakdown of opposing motion, other videos I saw didn't have that and it is really simple yet brilliant and explains the tension resolution aspect well.
@ranielyfire
4 жыл бұрын
So you can really apply this to any 7 note scale buy just adding a half step 🤔. Guess I know what I’m doing next time I’m practicing modes
@Ursabomb
2 жыл бұрын
that locked hand was sublime
@swiftla
5 жыл бұрын
Great vid! Love Barry Harris, and Gene of course!
@GlennSeddonJazzPianoLessons
2 жыл бұрын
thanks man. I'm planning on giving myself a 10 day challenge of really getting my head around this unique scale. Cheers!
@johannesschmitz6370
Жыл бұрын
have you gotten your head around it brother?
@rile7648
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve only been play a month or 2 but I’m so exited to finish my books so I can do this, looks fun!
@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out
Жыл бұрын
wow you're a bright one and a fast learner if you can use this after playing a month. how's it going?
@davidrichards1295
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update.
@arthameadors8952
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@kwixotic
4 жыл бұрын
The left hand G note you played along with the changing Diminished chord in the right hand is a "borrowing" technique that characterized the Sixth Diminished scale shown elsewhere on You Tube.
@leanmchungry4735
Жыл бұрын
A beautifully clear explanation, thanks:)
@aberhan
9 ай бұрын
This is interesting, now I will try to relate it to the guitar.
@user-ph6ro3yx1o
3 жыл бұрын
8:33 I don't major in music, and I don't even have perfect pitch... but man.. I really wanna play like him someday. To me, just playing the chords right is a thing.
@ledaswan5990
3 жыл бұрын
Almost nobody has perfect pitch
@alicec1533
Жыл бұрын
Yup! OP, if you want to study music, don't worry about perfect pitch, most people, including great musicians, don't have it. Getting a good ear for melody, harmony, groove, and relative pitch; they're far more important skills.
@JazzManLaf
4 жыл бұрын
Great job man. Keep doing it. I enjoyed.
@townmusicbychristian725
6 ай бұрын
thank u
@MomLAU
3 жыл бұрын
What is the music you play at the beginning of these? That's 7/4 time, isn't it?
@alicec1533
Жыл бұрын
6:12 reminds me of Super Mario Bros 2 theme! :) I'm a novice at jazz harmony, but that theme is pretty jazzy.
@captainkoo
2 жыл бұрын
Great teaching , great playing
@michaelmaitland3126
7 ай бұрын
Where can I find the masterclasses you mentioned?
@Creabsley
5 жыл бұрын
Adam, this is a harmonic approach. Barry’s melodic approach is all about putting in additional notes all over the place. Start with C6 and Bdim7 and add them together.
@zankfrappe5145
2 жыл бұрын
Very clear explanation!
@Thelesurvivant
Жыл бұрын
Merveilleux merci beaucoup from France
@hahabass
4 жыл бұрын
Dude... you're clever!
@Abel-te7cq
4 жыл бұрын
te main, ce plait mon ami
@eduardocampos4808
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for lesson 👍🙌🙏
@factamoo
5 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if you and Peter could talk more about "what you hear" found it fascinating when Peter played an example of what he heard between the root and melody once, could you somehow chat about the different kinds of things you hear when you play? Loving the show can't wait for Monday :)
@riverfile
5 жыл бұрын
What video are you referring to? I'd like to check that out
@tonyp9609
9 ай бұрын
Always landing on the up beat?
@GOSPELMUSICTUNEUP
Жыл бұрын
Great Video, very informative
@vspaulding1
Жыл бұрын
Very Nice:) Thank You for sharing
@Velykadivchyna
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@PieterDave
Жыл бұрын
baited me with the thumb nail. well done
@Eric1396
Жыл бұрын
fascinating!
@phly23
4 жыл бұрын
8:20 Yes Sir!
@raufabdullayev9618
3 жыл бұрын
Thank.
@sxipshirey
Жыл бұрын
Wow! So cool!
@BillPhillips2000
4 жыл бұрын
Great tutorials!
@keivosneeuwschaap
Жыл бұрын
can someone tell me the name of the song in the beginning (intro) ?
@keivosneeuwschaap
Жыл бұрын
for those who wondered - its Emotion in Motion by Peter Martin
@JohnAmatulli
10 ай бұрын
This is a video about the Major 6th Diminished. It is incorrect to take it out of context. This does NOT do Barry Harris’s theory justice. Used correctly, theory is a way to understand what original composers and improvisors do. Regurgitators use theory to concoct unoriginal music. Creative composers and players use it as a framework to understand works so they can more easily extricate what they imagine and bring it to life. Barry Harris was an educator, composer and player. He knew and played with many of the Jazz greats. In my 45 years of playing, composing and learning jazz I find his teaching is by far the most enlightening. He discarded the hundreds of years of patchwork Euro-centric classical theory that is terrible for understanding music in a post Jazz world. Starting fresh, he replaced it with a much simpler theory consisting of harmonic and melodic concepts of which the four (6th) Diminished Scales are only a part. His harmonic theory starts with the “family” of Two whole tone parents that combine to create three diminished children and from there derives his three groups of four siblings, the (6th) Diminished Scales (Major 6th, Minor 6th, Dominant Diminished and Dom7-flat5 Diminished), the first two cover Minor 7th and Minor7th-Flat5. As he would say “Brothers and Sisters play well together”. This is a method for chord substitution made easy by utilizing the “family”, for example, “playing the 6th on the 5th”. His melodic concepts cover are meant to simplify the ability to outline the chord tones on the down beat and incorporated chromaticism (“half step rules”, his chromatic scales, etc. His point was to make it easier to learn quickly and improvise (something few classical players can do at all). To be able to apply the ideas of improvised jazz in an ensemble requires an ability to listen, immediately respond to what others are doing. This can not be done using Classical theory or its derivatives in Chord-Scale theory.
@reacionario2026
5 жыл бұрын
Great!!
@FelixStatik
Жыл бұрын
its an inversion of spanish phyrigian no?
@laffine9
4 ай бұрын
2:05
@cyanhallows7809
2 жыл бұрын
What you say 3 minutes in is not really true. Bebop scales use chromatic passing tones to make land chord tones land on the beat which is what you and your friend was talking about. This is NOT THE CASE for the 6th dim scale. It is vital the note is inbetween the 5th and 6th degree
@anilec333
2 жыл бұрын
Cool
@KaninTuzi
3 жыл бұрын
This concept happens naturally on guitar I feel like
@Hiphopdabop
Жыл бұрын
Dorian Blues
@saintbees2088
Жыл бұрын
I made it to 1:00
@getemnate1
3 жыл бұрын
What do you mean by "strong notes?" Do you mean "dominant?"
@getemnate1
3 жыл бұрын
Another question...with this concept in mind...you're saying that you can start on a new diminished 6th scale after each 4/4? In the beginning you're playing a c major with a 6 diminished...so i could go to a g major 6th diminished? Thanks.
@paulmcafee315
3 жыл бұрын
Strong Notes probably means chord tones that define the character of the chord, like the 3rd and 7th.
@paulmcafee315
3 жыл бұрын
Having watched again he means any chord tone. Root, 3rd, 5th, 6th (in the early example).
@clintjones9848
3 жыл бұрын
It's not that complicated. You just stick a diminished between each inversion of a major or minor 6 chord. (Or any chord - just won't fit the dim 6 scale anymore.) Then you can come up with harmonic or melodic ideas from that for use on 1 chord.
@khbgkh
Жыл бұрын
Post your album!
@mackchilders3381
3 жыл бұрын
8:05
@Tabu11211
5 жыл бұрын
Can somebody please help me understand as a minor sound until it's you play that. I would really appreciate that thank you in advance
@thearno2885
4 жыл бұрын
What do you mean?
@Tabu11211
4 жыл бұрын
@@thearno2885 I'm going to review the video and try to understand what I meant. Thank you for your reply, I'm pretty sure that my original question was generated using voice to text and that is definitely the reason why it is unintelligible.
@Tabu11211
4 жыл бұрын
@@thearno2885 I think I was curious about how to play the diminished 6 in minor. It's weird I think maybe you use a Dorian sound? But then where is the diminished note.? Thank you.
@Tabu11211
4 жыл бұрын
for C minor diminished 6 would the diminished note be f sharp?
@thearno2885
4 жыл бұрын
highkari they have taken a major scale and added a minor 6. When you play a chord by stacking thirds from the root you play 1,3,5 and 6 which is a major 6th. When you play a chord starting on the second note of the scale you play 2,4,b6 and 7 which is a diminished chord. If we are in C then the root chord is Cmaj6 as the notes are C,E,G and A. The chord on the second note is Ddim D,F, Ab and B( there is a minor third between each note). You also get a diminished chord if you start on F, Ab or B and build a chord.
@Jaujau933
Жыл бұрын
Not talking modes as you usually do ?? 😁
@lucbuset
3 жыл бұрын
Harmonic major....
@jabarihunter5472
3 жыл бұрын
If he could be any louder on that damper pedal
@elementsofphysicalreality
4 жыл бұрын
There is a more important concept that you didn’t mention. If you draw the chromatic circle and label the notes of C major, you’ll notice that D Dorian is symmetrical and Ab/G# is the tritone. The other accidentals aren’t symmetrical like this.
@TheSaxualHealer
4 жыл бұрын
Jesse Carpenter How is this more important?
@brendaboykin3281
4 жыл бұрын
Huh? 🤔😎😳😊
@PaulPukite
Жыл бұрын
Just making up stuff.
@cadiencanaille4387
4 жыл бұрын
Is this the same as the mixolydian mode?
@AlexFBauer
4 жыл бұрын
‘Cadien Canaille Not really! Mixolydian is a major scale with a b7 degree, whereas this is a major scale with an additional #5/b6 passing note :)
@Stricknyne1
Жыл бұрын
Jerry Coker calls this a major bebop scale.
@nnommrr
2 ай бұрын
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@magedelesily3821
4 жыл бұрын
so fast
@koyaanisrider6943
Жыл бұрын
definitely interesting scale but I can't stand Barry Harris' teaching. I always hear him talk about "mistakes" and "wrong notes" like he only accepts what you play if you play exactly like him. Everything in me feels uncomfortable with this approach. I would get depressed if he was my teacher and I can't even watch him teach others. for me this has nothing to do with the open spirit of jazz. nevertheless, as I said, it's interesting to explore the possibilities of this scale, so thanks for the insights!
@agnidas5816
3 жыл бұрын
You are describing all the things that Barry says are wrong: playing the whole scale, seeing it as whole and half steps, playing arpeggios on the down beat from one ... Then 7:17 onwards... no, just no. Why aren't you playing the exercise that Barry teaches to show students the flow of it? You're maybe confusing yourself with the four voicings - you lost the feel Barry teaches. 6th diminished is just where Barry starts off talking about music so that people will understand what he is playing. He is not teaching strictly 6th diminished scales to people. Not at all. His technical knowledge of music theory is a bit lax . Don't approach him straight up in a bookish way. He is teaching you how to re-create a sound... he is not teaching you raw music theory in a vacuum.
@emanuel_soundtrack
Жыл бұрын
Thx for writ8ng for me. I am astounished. So i get more students...
@billgator2005
Жыл бұрын
i wonder about all this BH BS....i was curious so picked up a copy of BH for guitar...after a bit of reading and pondering it seemed BH was saying simple things in complicated ways. as if he was trying to recreate an existing system to confused others and, would appear knowledgeable by explaining it. he just recreated the wheel but made it no rounder nor more concentric when rotating...simply made the wheel more out of balance. so of i went i search of BH live and was not surprised to find my suspicions confirmed. he plays like a child compared to oscar peterson. just plain crap..i tossed the BH BS book in the wood stove page by page and have moved on to learning with better ways of ciphering...simplicity is art..i find no art in BH BS...
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