Contrary-Motion Scales for Guitar Harmony🎶Body and Soul🎸Advanced Comping Strategies🎓Jazz Fusion

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Download the PDF here: bit.ly/3xuEEz1

[@j6449663]

Good work !

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thanks for taking the time to say so 🙏

[@pranavphx]

Would you consider doing a short video on what are you listening to/liking these days? You can make it a series that you do every 3 months or so. I really like your musicality overall would love to know where your ear takes you musically over the next few years.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Certainly can do that Pranav! Thanks for the suggestion

[@theblarneystone5125]

I honestly think that having a good grasp and facility with contrary motion is key to improvising in a true polyphonic way. It’s tough though. I find playing contrary with any amount of legato to be elusive. Hundreds of hours of practice…

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Relatively guitar friendly visually but certainly not technically as you say! I need to use these ideas more in my day to day playing to come up with some ready to go licks. Cheers

[@chestyguitarron]

Thank you for exploring Barry Harris's system beyond the usual "6th diminished scale adds a note to help you land on chord tones" approach. Also Labyrinth of Limitations (with classical guitarist Tom Echols) is a great channel for further work on this. Love your playing and your teaching style very much!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thank you very much for the suggestion, I'm not aware of that channel I will do some research. Cheers!

[@TheLabyrinthofLimitations]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition Hi John! Really lovely sounds in this. And I absolutely love what you said about chords "not existing" and the video metaphor. Great stuff. If you end up checking out the channel, episode 1: relative motion is where the convo about contrary, parallel, and oblique motion begins in the labyrinth:)

[@NinjaTurtling]

Phenomenal lesson… can you please tell me what brand / material your sweater is??? It looks so comfortable 😂

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Almost certainly ASDA George! My grandmother gifts me a jumper every Christmas, she is to blame for my style choices 😂

[@speakuscorner]

And great sounding Guitar.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thank you very much, she's a beauty!!

[@pranavphx]

Brilliant lesson!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Many thanks Pranav!

[@speakuscorner]

Very insightful!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Cheers!

[@hugos.w.8976]

Keep making videos! Nice content, nice musician. God bless you and keep blessing your channel dude. You are really helpful

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Many thanks for taking the time to say so. I'm delighted that you are finding this content helpful. Cheers!

[@hexagram531]

Lovely sounds, interesting concepts. Another one on my ever-growing list of Charles Harrison videos to revisit and work through (I'm just not ready for some of them yet!)

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

You'll get there before you know it- stick to the basics and the rest will fall into place in no time! Cheers

[@FullMetalDMZ]

Tasty sounds... that bass though! So using octatonic scales seems to work great because the extra tension they create! Or maybe spicy scales like Hungarian minor and neapolitan minor!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

The low end on this axe is unbelievable! It seems that octatonic scales are the secret sauce for many of the tastiest flavours in jazz!

[@LaurenceGuitar]

Really great Ideas! Reminiscent of the great Jimmy Wyble!

[@LaurenceGuitar]

great conclusion too.

[@LaurenceGuitar]

Jimmy Wyble wrote a book @the art of 2-line improvisation... Absolutely killer book! Hes an amazing guitarist!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

I did check out this book when you posted this- I will look into it further.

[@epserps5055]

Great, great!!! How can I buy the music sheet from this lesson?

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Just send me an email at [e-mail] and it's yours!

[@epserps5055]

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[@epserps5055]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition thank you so much, merci, muchas gracias, gracie molto and obrigado.

[@Pretzels722]

Ur guitar needs a shave

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

I didn't know not cutting my strings would cause so much mental anguish for many of my viewers- I will sort this out immediately! Cheers!

[@pranavphx]

Lol I'm on the other side, i like the fact that there are no sharp end s that might cut someone. I cut my hand and it bled on my headless strandberg, inspite of it actually have a slightly extended neck to keep the wire ends on the neck 's wood lol.

[@mailderrick]

It's not country.. It's contrary!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

No chickin' pickin' round these parts!!