Now when I go back to my Bill Evans transcriptions, I understand what he was doing. Barry Harris, sketch transcription, Like Someone In Love In this transcription, I show the regular chords on the top and the Barry Harris-style thinking for the appropriate movement scale below the stave. Next I transcribed Barry Harris playing a block-chord version of Like Someone In Love. And my ear hears the movements when I am playing tunes and I can spontaneously add in voice leading. I am no longer relying on stock voicings all the time. I have found that my playing has been transformed. And in this way, you can block-chord harmonise any melody.īut this is not just about four-way block chords and drop-2 voicings. The idea is that for any given harmony of the moment, a scale can be found which alternates with passing diminished chords to allow movement without changing the harmony. I’ve become hooked.įor the past few weeks I have been trying to understand and apply Barry Harris’s method of harmonic ‘movement’. I had some online conversations with Mr Berkman asking questions about the bits I did not get and trying to understand why II-V-I is so hard to voice with block chords.īut recently, having viewed lots of Barry Harris on YouTube and then Dave O’Higgins recommended the books to me as well. About a year ago I bought David Berkman’s book Jazz Harmony which has a chapter inspired by the Barry Harris way and talking about borrowing notes from the ‘other’ side. I decided not to follow up on this because of their outrageous price. Whenever I tried to harmonise an actual standard melody, I would get stuck at some point.Ī few years ago, Bob Keller recommended the Workbooks associated with Barry Harris. Until recently, most of what I knew came from transcription and reading Mark Levine’s chapter on the subject in his Jazz Piano book.
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Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and feel free to connect with me via Instagram, Twitter Google+ or Facebook to keep up to date with new lessons, concerts and releases.I’ve been thinking a lot about block chords recently. That is the best way for me to improve my lessons and make them fit what you are searching for. Guitar fingerings are included This way of thinking chords is further expanded upon in another nice book, the Barry Harris Harmonic Method for Guitar (by Alan Kingstone). Leave a comment on the video or send me an e-mail. Barry Harris Workshop unique approach to harmony and comping described into details on repertoire. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for topics then, please let me know. Join 6000+ Other Jazz Guitarists 🎸Join us in the Facebook Jazz Guitar Group Community: By joining the Patreon Community you are in the company of 500 others supporting and helping shape the content on my YouTube channel.
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If you want to download a Free E-book of 15 II Valt I licks then subscribe to my newsletter: Get the PDF! You can get the PDF and GuitarPro files on Patreon here: Content:Ġ4:32 Cornerstone of Barry Harris’ method Barry Harris Guitar PdfĠ9:03 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page! Get a free E-book If you can practice in a way that makes you learn faster and sound better then what do you have to lose? Get the PDF on Patreon: Barry Harris Method Pdf This 26 page tutorial introduces the reader to the practical and theoretical concepts taught by Dr.Ī title like this is of course extreme, but I do really think that this way of working and improving your jazz solo is both underused and misunderstood, and that is a pity because it is very effective and in fact, it is also a part of The Jazz education tradition.
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