Everything you need to know to start on a lifetime of exploring this beautiful sound. The Barry Harris 6th Diminished scale is an essential concept for any #jazz musician wanting to add the ability to play movement and take their improvising to a whole new level.

In this lesson I talk about Bebop legend, Barry Harris and his 6th Diminished concept. I share all my findings from years of studying this theory and explain it all from the ground up. You'll learn everything, such as where this concept and scales come from, Barry's unique view on the theory of music, and how to fully use all these ideas.. (to name but a few!)

This video will connect all the dots for anyone who has dabbled with Barry Harris' 6th diminished concept as well as give you all the knowledge/tools you'll need to endlessly develop your own ideas.

▬ Contents of video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Barry Harris
0:54 - What is the 6th Diminished scale?
1:20 - (the major 6th diminished)
3:33 - Chord Voicings
3:57 - (the drop system)
5:44 - The Four Voices
6:03 - (close position voicings for guitar)
6:48 - (shell voicings)
7:15 - The Other Scales
8:12 - The Diminished Family Theory
10:58 - (8 note diminished scale)
14:08 - Connecting Chords: C6 to F6
15:32 - (Bb6 to F6)
16:00 - (biiio7)
17:32 - Where The 6th Diminished Came From
19:26 - Applying The Scales
20:07 - (the important minor)
21:25 - (the tritone's minor)
22:22 - (tip: where not to put the diminished chords)
22:45 - The 6th Chord Options
24:38 - Harmonising Melodies With Movement
27:10 - (6th against diminished in contrary motion)
28:30 - (melody in the bass)
28:58 - Major to m7b5 move/relationship
36:18 - Practising The Scale
36:49 - (interval sets)
37:47 - (contrary motion)
39:12 - (interval sets + contrary motion)
39:35 - (contrary motion + filling in the scale)
40:36 - (filling in the scale + moving through keys)
41:00 - (left hand move)
42:14 - (barry move suited for guitar)
43:12 - (breaking up the block chords)
44:35 - Single Note Lines
46:53 - The Borrowing Concept
50:27 - (borrowing example 1)
53:39 - (borrowing example 2)
55:59 - No longer a “ii V” player
56:35 - The Short & Long Voicings
1:00:14 - (tip: on piano)
1:00:28 - (tip: on guitar)
1:02:43 - (long short changing key)
1:03:04 - (practising through different keys)
1:03:32 - (minor)
1:03:57 - (applying to a ii, V)
1:04:29 - (different inversions)
1:05:46 - (including b6)
1:06:16 - Outro
1:07:08 - Example Performance (Autumn In New York)

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△ Barry Harris Photo Credit: Brian Mcmillen Jazz Photography
△ For more #barryharris & #6thdiminishedscale info, go to http://barryharris.com

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