Barry Harris - Shell Voicing Workout for Jazz Guitar

[@tillmanwalters1219]

What a great exercise

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Tillman!

[@jackstrauss4076]

Great exercise.. Thank you Chris.. Calling out the chord name is a great part of the exercise..

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

You're very welcome!

[@Tweed_Tone]

Phenomenal playing, explaining and tone. Thanks 👍

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@13thAMG]

So, up a minor third becomes the new centre. Oh shit, that's friggin gold! Never occurred to me. Thanks Chris!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@guitargod6997]

Great exposition of Harris's approach! Compliments on video capture in terms of sound levels and overall lighting.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Jay!

[@barrysebastian9584]

Great follow up to the last video! I always enjoy your presentations, Chris👏😁.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Barry!

[@simonsimonc]

Great lesson thank you. Very useful 👌

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@unclenote]

Great exercise …nicely taught.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Many thanks!

[@michaellaumusic]

Great exercise and way to take it back to the foundation. Assuming you would apply this to other chord degrees, outside of the iv. Can do with all scale degrees as well as modal mediants, etc.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Michael

[@bozakarlin9034]

Great lesson, thanks.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

My pleasure!

[@9um9um9um]

Always great to see you Kris. Your videos look great. Sound fantastic. Forgive me if I miss this key element to your video but can you tell me the why is important for the context in which one would use this?

[@johnmcgrath8886]

cool exercise -i've just learnt it, thanks! - great that you got to study with the famous BH.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Excellent!

[@jmoorecareers]

Very cool! Thank you!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@Thomcat1954]

Thank You so Much

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

You're most welcome

[@peterdalby8019]

Excellent stuff! 👏👏

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Peter!

[@michaeldennisguitarlessons]

Excellent! So Much To Learn!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Michael!

[@bernardbigorgne2535]

Excellent sharing and prestation dear Chris....Bernard

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Bernard!

[@Pim3211]

I feel that sticking to the full four-voice structure captures more of Barry Harris’s harmonic depth. The descending diatonic step, then half-step down, and half-step up sequence really adds a unique dimension to each chord. The two-note version simplifies things, but loses some of the inner voice movement that shapes the sound. The addition of a V chord is an interesting twist :D

[@proximact695]

suuuper lesson

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thank you!

[@steveprager7862]

Awesome!

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Thanks Steve!

[@davidsummerville351]

Good stuff, thanks.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bbowjazz]

Let me guess, upshifting a minor third corresponds to Barry Harris’ family of Dominates concept?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Yes! That is correct

[@bbowjazz]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar ... precisely why I'm a Patreon subscriber! Did I read correctly? You're going to be performing at the Improv in Cary, North Carolina on 4/17?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Yes, I will be in Rick Braun's band that evening. Rick is a smooth jazz trumpet player, so the music will be a bit more groove oriented and more modern than traditional jazz.

[@hycus4292]

Fine lesson as always, but where can I apply this ? Which tunes have this progression (key changes in minor 3rds) ?

[@lightningstrikes7314]

What you practice doesn't necessarily have a totally direct application. Think of a boxer with a skipping rope.

[@lavants7588]

Many songs use a modulation to a minor 3rd. The theme to Barney Miller tv show is a well-known example.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

So this exercise is designed to get some fluidity and to hear the motion of modulating through the 4 related keys. Barry sees these 4 keys as related from the same diminished scale (Ab/B/D/F diminished. If you do a search on KZbin there are quite a few videos explaining this relationship.

[@jackstrauss4076]

You may want to take a look at ACJ’s “Triste”.. There is some of this kind of movement if you do it in Shell chords.. From a fluidity perspective, not specifically the progression.. I’m sure there are others but this one comes to mind..

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

The first 3 measures of "You Go To My Head" have this movement

[@farajpaul8888]

Do you have Guitar pro o mxl files on Patreon for your lessons?

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Just regular pdf's and wav files for backing tracks

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

What makes it a shell voicing? The basis seems to be a drop 3 voicing w/o the 5th. Does Barry make up his own terms for already known and understood structures?

[@maestrophilkell]

Shell voicing generally means Root, 3rd & 7th. (I’m sure others can elaborate but that’s my basic understanding).

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

@@maestrophilkell A voicing is the way that the tones are distributed as in your example of (low to high) of C E B the voicing might be described as Root, Third, Seventh. E B C or 3rd, 7th, Root is still Cmaj7 but maybe not a shell chord.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Shell voicing is a common structure and term used to describe 7th chord and 6th chord voicings that omit the 5th. So R,3,&7 or R,3&6. Barry Harris did not make up the name "shell voicing".

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

@@ChrisWhitemanGuitar So then if it's not R, 3. 6 or 7 then it's not a shell voicing?

[@crimfan]

Different genre, but Steve Lukather said that he 90% of the time as a session player he was hired to play rhythm guitar.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

Yes!

[@shaalis]

Apropo of nothing, the beard look amazing.

[@ChrisWhitemanGuitar]

😂😂😂