Introduction to Barry Harris - Improvising Lines

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0:00 a little bebop blues
0:40 intro to the improvisation class
1:33 the dominant scale
1:51 scale outlines
6:27 important chords
8:51 thirds, triads and chords
10:50 lower neighbours - making language!
13:00 added note scales
15:30 creating II V I lines
17:32 varying and adapting lines
23:16 bebop blues solo with transcription

[@turbodownwarddog]

Mistake at 11:18: the highest note on the C7 arpeggio should read Bb not B natural

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

See my comment below :-)

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

There’s a few stray b naturals in this vid…

[@apzzpa]

The most systematic approach to learning bepop. Would interesting to see how you could apply these concepts to more modal vamps as well as modern playing

[@AnandaGBrady]

I'm applying all this on the keyboard/ piano- excellent! Bebop orientation!

[@rickjensen2717]

Really excellent lesson, helping a classical guitarist get up to speed!

[@kostasjazz]

Fantastic

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

15:16 - there’s errors in the music saying B natural/4th fret instead of what it should be, B flat/3rd fret for the odd numbered scale. Whoops!

[@drewdsaunders]

Also, around 4:56 (9th bar), Christian plays Bb (which makes sense, b7 of C7), but C (first string 8th fret) is written. Hey -- I wouldn't be looking that carefully if this wasn't good stuff! Thanks! (Oh, 16th bar, too, I think; and tab is wrong at 6:42... I'm gonna stop, cuz I feel like an a-hole, now; it's really useful!)

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

@@drewdsaunders no, thanks! I just wish it was possible to correct or re upload vids once mistakes have been spotted, but I’ll keep this thread pinned.

[@drewdsaunders]

@@JazzGuitarScrapbook Thanks, I feel better! Anyway, really like this vid; there's a lot here and I will spend some time digesting it. Cheers.

[@frankvaleron]

What a great overview

[@frankvaleron]

Are the transcriptions you show here available in pdf? It would make for a handy little exercise booklet

[@jeffreyamado8027]

I've been taking jazz guitar lessons from a great teacher, and his method, though different, is quite similar! This was a brilliant and wonderfully taught intro. Christian, you area master teacher.

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Thanks Jeffery, glad it was useful.

[@abcde3397]

I really appreciate it to see this video.. if you were the college professor then I think I wouldn't have skipped any of it!

[@rrhett2119]

Nice job, Christian! A very logical and accessible introduction that should give lots of people a way into playing Bebop.

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Thanks!

[@certifiedcoverboy]

i’m gonna want that tremendously long video

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Maybe a multipart special

[@CliffieVanR]

Hey Christian! Great video. Sorry if you said so and I missed it, but why don't you use the chord from the third when improvising over C7?

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

I actually don’t know. It’s not one of the three that Barry singled out. But nothin stopping anyone from using.

[@CliffieVanR]

@@JazzGuitarScrapbook Fair enough - thanks!

[@austinjoiner5968]

When it comes to the odd or even number note, is it relative to the current chord youre playing over or the parent key?

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Chord, although you usually simpify the progression a bit - eg ii V is treated just as V

[@austinjoiner5968]

@@JazzGuitarScrapbook okay i see, and one last question, when you go up a chord that is non diatonic and then you go down a scale, do you return to the diatonic scale or do you play a scale based off of the nondiatonic chord?

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

@@austinjoiner5968 can you give me a specific example?

[@austinjoiner5968]

@@JazzGuitarScrapbook i wasnt able to come up with an example im still pretty new to jazz and bebop but i was able to deduce my answer from the note names of your example in this video , thanks again ! Your videos have been some of the most helpful

[@spacejazz6272]

maybe not the best place to ask but do you still do private lessons? your channel has been so useful to me and I'd love some feedback on my playing from yourself

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

I do! I have a link to my website in the comments for email etc.

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

I do! I have a link to my website in the comments for email etc.

[@brothercaleb]

Do you offer any guitar lessons ?

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

I do - hit me up on the email on my website

[@jameserenberger3425]

The dominant scale is R 2 3 4 5 b6 b7 7 right?

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Dominant scale = mixolydian. You then add in notes according to the rules. (BTW the notation is not quite right - really sorry!)

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

The scale you cite is the dom7-dim, btw. Totally different thing.

[@johnrothfield6126]

Guitar on the chair looks precarious

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Nah it’s well supported bruv

[@johnrothfield6126]

I find that doing Barry's exercise without the non chord tones is useful. Then I try to imagine or sing the full exercise. Ps I find Barry's exercise difficult to play fast with strict Gypsy picking, which I adhere to rather dogmatically.

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

Pull offs are a god send

[@xavriley]

Peter Farrell teaches something similar to gypsy picking (I use it too) where you aim to group notes to 2 or 4 per string. If you can't you just use a pull off somewhere to make it work out