Barry Harris Lesson

> The extra chromatic passing tone comes from the > > diminished 6th scale. > > So, the extra note is this diminished 6th. So, in > th > > C major scale it > > is the Ab (diminished 6). The 'Barry Harris > > Diminished sixth scale' > > has both the flat 6 and the natural 6. > > > > A nice thing to practice (this is probably what > you > > are referring to) > > is to take any chord (combination  of notes) from > > that scale, and move > > the chord up the scale. So, for example if you > have > >  the chord c-e-g-b, the next one would be d-f-Ab-c,  the next one is > > e-g-a-d and so on. > > By adding this extra note we get nice and > different > > harmonic > > progressions and steps than we do when we use a > > 'normal' C major > > diatonic scale. > > > > However, you have to understand that Barry's scale > > comes from the > > combination of two chords: C6 and B diminished. He > > breaks down > > everything into a Tonic (C6) and a Dominant > (B-dim). > > See part III in > > the book. In his theory Cmaj7 (C-E-G-B) is a chord > > with 3 notes from > > the Tonic (C-E-G) and one from the Dominant (B). > > Interestingly, he > > uses many chord combinations containing notes from > > both the Tonic and > > the Dominant. For example (my own constructions): > > > > C-E-Ab-B (c and e from the tonic, Ab and b from > the > > dominant) could > > resolve into C-E-G-C > > C-F-G-B (c,g, from Tonic, f,b from dominant) could

> > resolve in to C-E-G-A > > > > And so on... > > > > Harmonically speaking, he uses C6 in many > > situations. For example as > > the top of Fmaj7/9, or as A minor 7. Thus, a II > > chord (such as A > > minor 7) for Barry is an inversion of the IV chord > > (C6). For him most > > cases are IV-V-I instead of II-V-I! > > > > Now, you can also do this with Cmin6, C7, C7-5. > > > > For me, the most interesting aspects of his > > teachings are: > > > > * The wonderful chord combinations and > progressions > > you can find by > > adding this extra chromatic passing tone and take > >  the chord up (or > > down) the scale. Please note that you can > experiment > > by using your > > own chromatic passing note as well.. > > > > * The easiness by which you can create inner voice > > leading; by > > playing a 'diminished' note - a note from the > > diminished chord - in > > the tonic chord. Please note that you can create a > === message truncated ===

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