The Barry Harris Book For Guitar and the Idea of Movement

This is a brief overview of The Barry Harris Harmonic Method for Guitar and a closer look at the idea of harmonic "movement" taken from the book.
Some tunes covered are St Thomas and Dream of You.
The guitar is a Guild t50 slim
You can get the book here:
jazzworkshops.com/
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[@7137271]

I've only watched the first ten minutes and I'm already convinced. This is some powerful stuff!

[@williamrobinson7061]

Thank you Mikko! My book is on order! Thanks for your explanations and examples!

[@rickymolina7390]

Always enjoy your videos, learning something new musically but also from your bookshelf. I will definitely check out those great titles. Quite apt for the times. Thank you.

[@francislearner9446]

This video is quintessential KZbin. I almost gave up on this book. You taught you me how to use this lessons in the book and make them my own. It's not an instructional text, it is exactly what it says it is = a theory book. You are a wonderful player as well!

[@Mikkokosmos]

I'm glad if I could shed sone light on the information in this book 😎👍

[@dartor]

R.I.P Pat Martino

[@marcomariacolombo]

In fact those permutations were well described by the great Pat Martino years ago

[@aadityakiran_s]

You know a lot of pop tunes also. This is pretty great. Your content is nice man, I am learning all about harmony and all from it. Thanks so much.

[@musterionsurly]

Glad i didn't miss this one, thanks Mikko.

[@BTB25647]

Wow...thats real gold! ...Thanks Mikko.

[@ivo4137]

Thank you Mikko! From Colombia and Venezuela.

[@letsdanceonhere]

I've seen this information and practiced it many times over the last ten years. But after watching this video, I finally see a lot more possibilities of movements. I'm not sure what clicked but Thanks Mikko.

[@williamrobinson7061]

I've admired Barry Harris' thinking "from afar" by watching the KZbin workshop videos where he is at the piano with students. Now, with this book and your help, guitarists like myself can fully put these ideas to use in a very practical way. I'd like to see some more "weird" examples from the Slonimsky Thesaurus of scales...that's what got me into you in the first place. You are such a good theoretical thinker (and an excellent guitar player as well, of course!)

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thank you 😀 hmm I haven't used that book in a while...

[@jamesemerson4102]

Thanks for posting this, man. I have been studying Barry's methods but didn't know there was a book. Awesome!

[@Mikkokosmos]

Neither did I a year ago. It's a great book 😎👍

[@jamesemerson4102]

@@Mikkokosmos Will definitely get it. Your channel is great, by the way. I've learnt a lot from your videos. 🎸🎸

[@StratsRUs]

Well done.Beautiful sound too.

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thanks 😃

[@BrandochGarage]

Beautiful.

[@DanielMendoza-dt9ms]

Gran video GRACIAS.

[@unclenote]

Thank you for this!

[@Mikkokosmos]

glad you like it

[@francescomanfredi]

Great lesson! The movement C Cdim F6 Bdim also reminds me of Dream a little dream of me

[@Mikkokosmos]

Yes that's a great example! 👍

[@gerichtpresteren]

I have been studying Barry's methods but didn't know there was a book. Awesome!, Ordering the book was not difficult. extra shippingcosts and waiting weeks . in the Netherlands, there are stil customs clearance costs. Stil, thanks for the tip, and now repetaded all the time.

[@donmilland7606]

Drop notes of diminished chord was something taught by Pat Martino.

[@tighabhinn]

I'm scared to watch it for too long in case my brain explodes 💥 but marvelous resource for further thought & experimentation Thanks Mikko

[@eric_james_music]

just received mine- best resource ever

[@Mikkokosmos]

yes it's a good one. Enjoy

[@mwicks1968]

Its a great book, up there with Mick Goodrick's seminal works in my opinion You didn't mention "Things I've Learned From Barry Harris"! I'm getting SO much out of Chris's videos on BH! Tip Top Stuff, Mikko!

[@franciszerah9724]

Hello and thank you for this course which clarifies a lot this method that I am studying. At 04:48: 1) Db7 is the tritone substitution of G7 2) G7 is the V7 of C6 3) Bb7 is the tritone substitution of E7 which is the V7 of A-7 composed of the same notes as C6 4) E7 is the tritone substitution of Bb7 which is the backdoor resolving chord to C6.

[@Mikkokosmos]

I'm not a big fan of the concept of "backdoor dominant". To me (and many others) the bVII7 chords sounds more like a subdominant. It belongs kind of to the IV minor. It doesn't have the tritone resolution that makes up a dominant in a cadence. So the sub5 of the backdoor dominant makes no sense to me. It doesn't feel like a dominant at all to my ears. This is just my opinion.

[@stanits1983]

thanks for the lesson Mikko, inspiring and useful .Also nice sound from your fingers and the guild t50 !

[@chrisharwell5910]

Wow!!! St Thomas sounded great

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thanks 😃

[@robertoiafrate6949]

Thank you

[@ismaelfikri8952]

La verdad es que tengo este libro pero no le he mirado a penas, gracias Mikko

[@nicholasquiller1135]

…late to the game but great vid! RE: Bb7 relating back to C major: I’ve heard the phrase “parallel minor’s relative major’s Dominant” 😅

[@MD-bc3wb]

great

[@guitarmusic524]

I bought a book years ago by Ronny Ben Hur that showed many of the Barry Harris concepts, but it seemed hastily edited (that's a kind way to put it). I would like to see this book.

[@donmilland7606]

I bought the book. It take it this supports you.

[@Mikkokosmos]

no you're supporting the author and publisher of the book. Not me 🙂

[@GoGetFletch]

Hi Mikko. Thank you for the lesson. I've had the Alan Kingstone book for a while but have been struggling to apply the principles to tunes. Can you please do a series of lessons where you do more practicle applications of the BH method?

[@Mikkokosmos]

I have made a few in the past 🙂 one where I apply his four scales to some tunes. I have a feeling this is not the last video on the topic 😀 also check out the channel called "things I learned from Barry Harris" tons of material there

[@kidpoker007]

Unfortunaley the book sucks... They could have given some real examples from tunes

[@kidpoker007]

Exactly I had the same issue, it’s poorly conceived. You would think they could take some basic lead sheets and you how to apply. Or maybe a bunch of 2-5-1 and turnaround examples… but nope

[@threetorches100]

When you buy the book an audio cd is included with it

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@threetorches100 yes it comes with a cd

[@WBUSCH49]

HI MIKKO! Is it a smart move to do a video where tje theme of Solar Afternoon in Patis are playable over Ornithology... I AM STUDYING IT AND are dying to see your take over it I studied liya of 4 and 5 tone arpeggio sover it bebop scales and 10 bebop scales o er altered dominants in quintoles still I am searching for more also I adapted your licks of Xberokee over them.. I FEEL RHAT LATGE INTERVALS OR THIRDS OR THE george Benson Parker approach works in a sranve kind if way but hatd to adapt tryely...

[@cedricary9633]

The Barry Harris method IS PRACTICAL! But you have to practice it. People are looking for a quick fix to playing or sounding jazzy or improvising. There is no such quick fix. It frustrates me to keep seeing comments all over KZbin that imply Barry is talking about something that can’t be done. YOU WON’ T GET IT IT UNLESS YOU PRACTICE THE SCALES LIKE BARRY SAYS PRACTICE THE SCALES! Bird did this stuff. Dizzy did this stuff. Bud Powell did this stuff. THEREFORE IT IS VERY PRACTICAL! It isn’t practical if you’re approaching it from CHORD ISOLATION. It”s all about movement from closely related SCALES THAT HAVE THEIR FOUNDATION IN THE THREE DIMINISHED CHORDS! For example, C-Ef-Gf- A diminished chord is not just a chord but a pathway to MOVEMENT. Cmajor move to Aminor is often thought of as 1 to 6. A min IS the 6 of C maj. AND Cmin is the 6 of Ef maj. Ef min is the 6 of Gf maj. Gf min is the 6 of A maj. BUT IT’’S BECAUSE OF THE MINOR THIRD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE NOTES IN THE C DIMINISHED CHORD. You discover profound relationships between scales like this WHEN YOU PRACTICE YOUR SCALES LIKE BARRY SAYS PRACTICE YOUR SCALES.

[@jimransone]

I appreciate your comment. I'm sure there is a payoff for anyone with that kind of discipline. Also, I don't doubt that many jazz greats practiced scales in this fashion. But I'm pretty sure there are also plenty of great jazz players who did not. Monk's playing does not sound to my ear like someone who spent countless hours practicing scales. Nor does Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Christian, etc. Many musicians just learn stuff from records and find a way to incorporate it with stuff they already know until they internalize it. Rinse and repeat. I'm coming from a blues tradition, and it's all about copping riffs from records. For me personally, "practice something you don't understand endlessly until at some point it starts to make sense" won't work for me. I know I will get bored and quit before I get to the payoff. I am trying to find small bits of this that I can incorporate right now into tunes I'm already working on, and then once I internalize it, move onto to another small piece of the puzzle.

[@jimransone]

But take this with a grain of salt. I am not a jazz player. Just recently getting serious about learning how to play some Charlie Christian stuff and how to play over swing stuff from that era. But it is my understanding that the Barry Harris stuff provides a good theoretical way to look at that material.

[@cedricary9633]

@@jimransone Barry only codified a practical methodology based on what he heard Bud, Dizz, Monk, et al play. His genealogy of scales can be applied to ALL music rooted in western tradition - BUT IS SOLIDLY ROOTED IN THE BLUES. If you ignore anything else he teaches and just practice his ideas on the family of four dominants you CAN GET RID OF the so called “BLUES SCALE.” You won’ t need it. When you do what Barry says and combine ANY dominant chord with a diminished chord to form his “hybrid” dominant scale, you’ll be able to come up with your own blues riffs EASILY. And you’ll end up with way more material for blues improvisation. But if you’re happy mimicking riffs, do what makes you happy.

[@jimransone]

@@cedricary9633 Hmm... So far, I have barely gotten familiar with the major 6th diminished scale. Not really comprehending the dominant diminished scale yet. But to clarify, I didn't mean that learning other people's riffs was an end point. It's just a starting point. You have to internalize them and come up with your own variations. It works for me. You learn enough riffs, and your ears and fingers go way beyond "the blues scale" whether you know any of the theory or not. I can use every chromatic note plus micro tones over a 12 bar blues. But I am trying to learn swing music now, and I have a sense that this Barry Harris stuff might help me figure out what's going on in Duke Ellington arrangements, Freddie Green comping, etc. I could probably get there just by transcribing the records by ear, which is itself a very time consuming effort, but I suspect that learning these Barry Harris ideas might help. Here's an example: I transcribed a Teddy Bunn 12 bar solo and discovered that he was using an Eb minor 6th arpeggio over bars 9 and 10 of a Bb blues. I recognized that arpeggio because I had learned it from Django Reinhardt's "Minor Blues." So I started trying to incorporate that idea into my blues solos. It just recently occurred to me that the Eb minor 6th arpeggio is one note away from what would be the diminished half of the major 6th diminished scale, so basically the F7b9, so it totally makes sense over bars 9 and 10. Years earlier I had learned that F7b9 chord from hearing Oscar Moore play it on a Nat King Cole record. Didn't have any clue about the theory, but it didn't stop me from using it on gigs. Anyway, thanks for your response. Maybe the dominant diminished scale will make more sense to me now.

[@juanbusquier8546]

Yo quiero ese libro... Dónde lo puedo conseguir? Gracias!

[@rogerball6265]

@9:37 Sounds like the start "When your lover has gone"

[@alessandroadamo2703]

This book Is a World.

[@Mikkokosmos]

indeed it is

[@champanachampana4881]

Good morning. Anyone wanting to get Bop language and any other language, needs to get that book. You want to arrange for big band, get that book. You want tot stop sounding boring and repetitious, get the book. Don’t thank me, thank Barry!

[@linusclaesson5179]

The reverse of the Radiohead/Stevie Wonder thing is East Coast Love Affair (beginning).

[@adisamtima1960]

Would anyone recommend this book for Bass Guitar players.

[@brunolaire7826]

thank you for your videos, always very informative, why choose the movement from C6 to F6? and why the C°? Is it only for the movement of the voices or is there another reason? uo is this “arbitrary”? Thanks a lot

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thanks :) I'm sorry I don't understand the question. Could you elaborate?

[@brunolaire7826]

@@Mikkokosmos thank you very much for your answer, excuse me, I expressed myself badly with my bad English...:). I have been studying Barry Harris' principle of movement for some time (with your videos among others)... at 7.00 minutes you mention, C6--C°---F6 (sixth out of the fifth, according to Barry Harris) . But I never understand how to “justify” the C°? Is this a "hidden" V7 ? it might be stupid of me...:) Could you explain to me? perhaps it is only the movements of the voices that this C° can be explained? You do the same movement in another of your videos "barry harris movement over rythm change" (Bb6-Bb°-Cm7or Eb6)... once again thank you very much for your videos! Bruno

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@brunolaire7826 Thanks for digging my videos. I'm struggling to understand the question. But no, here it's not functioning as a dominant but rather a passing quality. Diminished chords can have three different functions: as a dominant (most often), as a passing chord or just as a colour it could even be a tonic. Here it is more of a passing thing. Smooth voice leading. Hence calling it "harmonic movement" not sure if that helps

[@brunolaire7826]

@@Mikkokosmos Thanks for the answer...Yes, it's not easy to be clear in my questions... :) But you answered my question... I find it quite difficult for me to use Barry Harris' method in a live context (for the moment) because I have old habits "II-V-II-V", It's not very instinctive or natural...but I'm hanging on...:) thanks to you or chris parks (Things I've Learned From Barry Harris" ) or thomas (The Labyrinth of Limitations). When the diminished can be tonic? thank you very much.

[@rezardominguez1064]

isn't the Bb7 at 5.15 just the backdoor dominant? like a iv minor

[@Mikkokosmos]

Yes I have heard people call it that 🤓👍

[@dressedtosmellgood]

love your channel and videos, but the delay makes this one hard to listen to. were there multiple mics on you?

[@Mikkokosmos]

Yes it's the camera mic plus audio. Made a mistake there

[@frankharrisiii5971]

I want to order the book with the CD but what is on the CD?

[@Mikkokosmos]

I actually haven't listened to it but I'm assuming audio examples from the book

[@donmilland7606]

Ted Greene was a master of this style.

[@removemental2873]

Question: is that book written in tab?

[@Mikkokosmos]

no there are no tabs. It's kind of a theory book so I don't see how tabs would be useful in this case.

[@jaggercontreras9270]

Where can I buy this book?

[@Mikkokosmos]

I put a link in the description

[@peterney2402]

This method reflects pat martino, does it not ?

[@franmyfrancisco7484]

I would like to get the book

[@Mikkokosmos]

Go for it. You won't be disapponted 🙏

[@brunolaire7826]

It is the same book of Allan Kingstone ? :)

[@Mikkokosmos]

Yes it's the book by Kingstone

[@williamrobinson7061]

Mikko, I saw in another video an important point: the Barry Harris idea C-D-E-F-G-Ab-A-B should not be confused with the "major bebop scale."

[@nicolotrajda179]

Or "dominant bebop scale"?

[@imagesandwords4327]

What is the tuning used here please?

[@Mikkokosmos]

Standard tuning

[@WBUSCH49]

Obvious enough On Green Dolphin Street... YIUR VIDEO CARRY AN ENORMOUS SKILL OF BRINGING COMPLEX BACKTO UNDERSTANDABLE AN ENOURMOUS SKILL and also verynjce tuat yohr lessons have this spe ific lenghts to go in debth lot of collegues are less social...

[@jimmyhunt]

CMaj7 doesn't have an A in it? Are we talking about a rootless Amin7?

[@Mikkokosmos]

I'm confused 🤓 I hope I don't say that Cmaj7 has an A in it? C6 has an A in it

[@joonaslepna7846]

Använder du chorus/delay eller är det rummet? :D Alltså på rösten...

[@Mikkokosmos]

näää det är min shotgun mic på kameran. funkar sådär 😑 måste hitta en bättre lösning

[@joonaslepna7846]

@@Mikkokosmos Tittar precis på en annan Barry Harris video från juli och då har du en clip-on mic. Funkar bra tycker jag. Tappat bort den?

[@Mikkokosmos]

@Joonas Lepna den är trasig 😑😑

[@joonaslepna7846]

​@@Mikkokosmos Ajdå...då får dina patreons hjälpa till att investera i en ny 😄

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@joonaslepna7846 exakt! 😄👍

[@bh0085]

Mikko, do you give 1:1 online lessons?

[@Mikkokosmos]

Yes on Sundays via Zoom 😎 you can contact me via email that is in my profile here

[@babarayhey]

Love your videos, but work on your audio for your voice. Maybe a lapel mic?

[@Mikkokosmos]

Thanks . Yes I'm struggling with that. I tried to use a lavalier mic but it doesn't work. If you touch it it makes a noise and it's hard not to when you have a guitar on your lap :p I think what I need is a really nice shotgun mic. I'm using a shotgun mic for the camera here but I realise I need a way more expensive one

[@sartor_retartus]

Based Nicholson Baker enjoyer

[@Mikkokosmos]

I never finished that book 😁

[@donmilland7606]

Jeepers Creepers

[@arlo2203]

It's so funny how ALL youtube guitar teachers have the same "cool and trendy" light fixtures behind them... clear bulb with bright filament. And they all think they're being very ikea and different.

[@Mikkokosmos]

I am! Ikea! 😀👍🇸🇪

[@arlo2203]

@@Mikkokosmos you know i love you like a brother... and your videos... and your playing... and yes, even your trendy lighting. don't go changin'...

[@billgator2005]

check out pat martino's video from the '90s. a lot of the same info was in print before barry harris came along. political correctness has much to do with all this BH stuff...i have listened to some BH live performances and frankly i don't think much of his trio. they sound unorganized, bad timing, etc. BH is no oscar peterson by any standard. anyway enjoy your videos, like the instruction format and have picked up much here. thnx for sharing your knowledge.

[@jimransone]

"political correctness" Bro, wtf are you talking about? What is political about this?

[@kidpoker007]

I got this book years ago but was disappointed with it...It doesn't give any real world examples and its not clear

[@Mikkokosmos]

If you dislike the book then why are you watching this video? 😉

[@kidpoker007]

@@Mikkokosmos see if you liked it or not

[@monsterram6617]

@@kidpoker007 That guy's brain is in recovery mode from taking in so many high-level, important ideas. He's not able to understand that you may have had the book in the past and not gotten much out of it, but despite this, you watched the video with the hope of learning something from another's perspective.

[@aadityakiran_s]

Don't burn this book and human smoke.... what are you up to in your free time Mikko?

[@Mikkokosmos]

I read books and like to run. I also like to cook. How about you? What do you do in your free time?

[@aadityakiran_s]

@@Mikkokosmos I only work and play guitar. Nothing else.

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@aadityakiran_s I used to be like that but I have come to realise that it's good to think about other things sometimes :D

[@aadityakiran_s]

@@Mikkokosmos Hmm... Maybe when I'm as good as you, I'll think of something else. Oh and in the original comment, i was just talking about the books on your shelf in a funny way.

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@aadityakiran_s I got that :p I love Rubin. Human smoke I didn't like at all. But I read quite a lot of books yes

[@benschwemmer]

Amazing how an ostensibly smart guy can have Dave Rubin on his shelf. Burn That Book!

[@Mikkokosmos]

I love Dave Rubin 🤩 and I don't like book burners