Things I've Learned from Barry Harris Episode 4 Barry's Chromatic Scale and Other Things

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This is the fourth in several episodes discussing the things i've learned from Barry Harris I started studying with Barry in 1993 and still learn from his teaching every day. I hope I can use this channel to help other musicians who are interested in Jazz but find it a little too cerebral. I think Barry's method, while being cerebral, is also direct and most important beautiful. Please Subscribe and feel free to comment below on how I can improve this channel I'm available for skype lessons if you prefer.

[@antonellomascarello4698]

1:02 : Thirds 1:41 : Triads 2:49 : Chords with half step: 4:10 4:56 5:28 Chromatic Scale (Barry Harris) 7:26 9:08 : full scale UP 9:21 : full scale DOWN 9:35 : IMPORTANT NOTE : Being Rhythmically Correct/accurate thirds for the chromatic scale 9:55 10:32 : full scale Triads for the chromatic scale 11:03 Chords for the chromatic scale 11:53 Implementing the chromatic scale 12:52 Recap 15:00

[@SP35640SNAKE]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@cminor7b929]

The discipline is in not binge watching these, rushing through. Thanks for doing these!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thank you. Please share with your musician friends.

[@lralbrecht]

You are totally right. Also already sequential in a way that is very helpful.

[@garrettguitar6583]

Right. Disciplined teaching would be showing one thing clearly so that it could be understood. I appreciate the brevity and I liken my self to the lateral thinking employed by the speaker, however I’m not able to grasp any one thing out of all of the long string of things that he hastily plays through. It’s like “something cool“ and then it’s the next thing without any explanation of how to approach it, where to start, how to practice it, technique, and application. To be disciplined, the speaker could take one idea out of these mini break it down, and build on it so that it could be well applied and understood. Instead we get an amalgam for I guess episode four.

[@flexabustbergson6141]

These are ideas to help you figure out how to improv! If you know the major scale it shouldn't be very hard to grasp and other wise take a pen and write down what he plays it ll sure help!

[@jadeowenhamblyn4405]

Yeah I binged through about twenty of these before going back and practicing along. Bracing stuff!!

[@alexladd6861]

Homework: 1) Major scale up & down 2) Thirds up & down 3) Triads up & down 4) Triads repeating second note up & down 5) Chords up & down 6) Thirds w/ half step before first note up & down 7) Triads w/ half step before first note up & down 8 ) Chords w/ half step before first note up & down 9) Practice on Dominant scale (repeat all variations above) up & down

[@jamesrobinson529]

These tutorials are some of the most valuable to the online guitar community, that I've ever seen. I like that you get to the point right away, as oppose to some channels that talk your ear off, just to satisfy KZbin's algorithm. When you're trying to improve, you don't have time to sit through an hour video only to find that the video barely covers a given topic of interest. Thanks a lot. Your teaching style is refreshing!

[@JazzGitarDersiSamiGundogdu]

I have stopped studying all Improvisation methods & books and just following your posts. That more than enough. Best regards. It really matters for someone

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks for the kind words. I would suggest watching all of the videos of Barry teaching on KZbin. It's much better hearing his ideas from him directly.

[@serseriherif9530]

Hocam merhaba bu vidyolar hakikaten harika, türkiye'deki çalışmalarınızı kutluyorum ülkede olanak yaratan insanları seviyorum :)

[@pianostudentsemper]

Been coming back to this video little by little each time ready for the next step. Finally got to the chromatic scale. Holy cow. Mind blown. Not only do we get thirds, triads, and arpeggios in chromatic, but then to put this in different modes, endless possibilities. I got my work cut out for me. I wish I started earlier!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Barry is the Master

[@RM-gm7lu]

Best jazz guitar soloing vids on Utube man...believe me I have sifted a few. Thanks a million

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks R M. I appreciate the kind words. Barry is really a Master. I've been blessed to be around him for so long.

[@44y4l4]

the rainbow children!! Nice

[@RM-gm7lu]

@@44y4l4 you know where it's at man! Peace bro

[@brankolatincic899]

Harris' method literally changed my playing overnight and I've just started. You're doing God's work by sharing this. My deep bow to you, sir, and a million thanks.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thank you Branko. Barry is the one that deserves the credit. It's all his theory.

[@101xaplax101]

Wait what? God is a jazz guitar teacher now? i though he just taught church hymns

[@TheRealSandleford]

@@101xaplax101 I think so. I got up once on easter and played take 5 @ a church... illustrating importance of whatever happened that day religiously... coltrane would have been better haha

[@supercussion6590]

@@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616 it’s Barry’s theory but you’re the one preaching it clearly. Thanks so much!

[@FlaxeMusic]

@@101xaplax101 God swings like a bad mf'er.

[@edkriegepiano]

practice notes: • Key of Bb, play scale 1-3-2-4 etc. Backward start on 3rd then tonic, etc. • Triads: play a note, skip a note - 1-3-5, 2-4-6, etc. Repeat 2nd note going up the scale. Then down, 5-3-1-3-4-2-7-2 etc. • Then 4-note chords, 1-3-5-7, 2-4-6-8, then down. • Half-step below first notes (approach note), up and down, on all of the above • Practice in every key, also on dominant (mixolydian) scales o Practice on Rhythm Changes • Barry’s chromatic scale o In the major (and dominant) scale, there are two places where there aren’t half steps between the scale notes. Play the next scale note and then back to previous scale note, e.g. in the key of C, play C-C#-D-D#E-G-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-D-C. Coming down same idea. o Do in thirds, up and down, same thing. o Then triads up and down. o Then chords up and down. o Can use ‘jump notes’ other than the scale note from above, so long as the number of scale notes comes out right (keep it rhythmically accurate).

[@taylorfusion]

It's really great how just playing this solid for a little while that you don't even have to think so much... you can just kind of hear where the chord tones are going to land on strong beats while staying chromatic. Thank you.

[@tzahim441]

Man! Your channel is pure gold. Thank you so much!

[@djmistryman]

This is pure genius. Thanks for putting out this fantastic content. This lesson alone is a years worth of study in itself if I practice and apply the concepts you mentioned to the scales I know.

[@Chris_music_channel]

Agreed with another comment I saw on here. These are some of the best videos on understanding the jazz language. Barry Harris is one of the best sources for this. Much thanks for these videos. This is the first time I've ever seen anyone explain the chromatic scale like this! This is so much more usable musically.

[@FuchsFran]

Thank you for uploading these videos. Having this information coming directly from Harris, thru you, is priceless. These are the foundations of the bebop language. Thank you!

[@thomashynes]

This one blew my mind; it really helps make sense of chromatic-heavy lines. Thank you for posting so much great material in such clear terms! I'm telling all my musician friends about this channel.

[@saxofonistacr]

The teachings of Barry are a treasure, thank you very much for this series, you do an excellent job covering one topic and it's application. We need a lot more presence of approaches like this for improvisation.

[@toyairplaine]

Very thankful for your channel. I've been in a rut for about 10 years now following being burnt out from college.. This is the first time I think I've really felt motivated to continue my education. Thank you for all this wonderful information!

[@winstonsmith7652]

From now on I’m just going to leave a thumbs up, because every one is a winner. (I’m getting too old to have my mind blown). Thank you. Quite magical stuff.

[@KevinFlatt]

Maaaan, thanks for this vid (and the others, of course!). This use of chromatics with this "on rhythm" approach is so wonderfully mind-opening!

[@connorlarkinbass]

thank you for being you and sharing what you love!

[@stephenmorton6732]

Thank you so much for this series of videos! I went to the Dick Grove School (many) years ago and am getting back into playing. I am going through all of these videos and have already found some really cool stuff. Thanks again

[@Faz99Master]

Some have the ability to explain complex ideas in such calm, cool, collected and simple terms. Pure genius sir. Chromaticism, MUSICAL chromatic ideas more specifically, are so hard to get a handle on. You just opened many doors for me and I think for many others. So generous of you to share and explain!

[@losgauchosheroes5788]

Great lessons. That lesson is years of information packed into 17 minutes… thank you

[@grandgigs]

Just discovering these videos, fantastic work, my thanks

[@richardbeyer2862]

This is a wonderful and eye opening experience. Thank you so much.

[@jboneradtke]

Thank you for sharing this. Not only is the info on your channel helping me as a seasoned jazz trombonist and HS jazz director, it is giving me real tools to teach my students improvisation!

[@ggkim5990]

Thank you a lot from Paris/ France for this way to play the chromatics...A gift for the guitar players..Even it come from Barry Harris ....Fantastic piano approach for improvisation. Respect...All the best

[@sin77777]

the sound is really amazing，I really feel excited🎉

[@jacholas330]

It’s an interesting exercise in its own right playing the standard two-note triad and then the chromatic one as a continuous phrase. Thank you so much for posting these, it’s easily the most helpful guitar resource I’ve ever used!

[@mlabash]

Your videos are incredibly helpful. It is so great to have more people sharing their insights into Barry Harris' teachings. Thanks very much!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks Michael. Please share with your musician friends. More to come.

[@jamalaliconnect]

These videos are gold! Thank u for effort to share with folks like us trying to evolve in bebop language. Really appreciate your work=)

[@aeoiuadada]

That sounds awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us, really!!

[@MichaelNeverisky]

I began at episode one and it's about time for me to say thank you for this series. Finding Barry's ideas, as I recently did, is like finding gold. Your video demonstrations and thoughts on how to practice are very helpful. Thanks so much!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

You're welcome. Glad these videos are helping you. Please share with your musician friends.

[@ShaneParish]

These are the best jazz guitar videos out there. Thanks for distilling Barry's concepts and applying them to the fretboard in such concise, clear language. This resource that you have provided was a real missing link. Best wishes!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thank you Shane. Please share with your musician friends.

[@ozkancanbay4963]

Pure gold ... need to spend some time here. Thx.

[@malfisher4326]

Excellent, Chris.

[@bradkauder5270]

Great lesson Chris! Thanks for your efforts!

[@turbodownwarddog]

good stuff... I'm five years behind but making this a priority for my jazz journey. I'm practicing the exercises one at a time before moving on to the next video.

[@ChoBee333]

I love your videos! You really explain all these Barry Harris concepts so well. It’s so essential and helpful to us who are learning how to play bebop. 🙏🏻

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks for the kind words Diana. Barry has been so generous with all of us, the least I can do is pass on the bit I've learned. Please share with your musician friends.

[@davidtardio9804]

This is great. I could easily spend a year just on this lesson

[@MrDotneck]

Excellent stuff - Thank you!

[@armandomonsivais9673]

Love it! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@guicasoamillo]

Great lesson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@danielroach1241]

Dude, you rock! And you jazz as well!

[@olagustafsson1264]

What an eye opener! Best I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks Ola. Everything about Barry's method is and continues to be an eye opener for me. Please share with your musician friends.

[@olagustafsson1264]

@@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616 I'm very glad to have found your videos. I do have the book "Barry Harris for guitar" and got a real kick from the chord scales, but your way of teaching the chromatic scale, bridges the gap between chords and scales in a way I've never thought of before. It also epitomizes to me, the jazz vocabulary. Very happy indeed!

[@blow-by-blow-trumpet]

This is brilliant and works equally well on all instruments. I play trumpet but this is all directly applicable.

[@usmc1875]

thanks Chris, you're a charm man, that was amazing as all of your videos:)

[@kingsettle9145]

Fantastic, great lesson. I have really benefited from using the sixth diminished harmony in my comping. This will really help with soloing. Thank you from here in the U.K.

[@VascoFinuras]

This is just mind blowing. Thank you!

[@dananthony6258]

Omg that’s such a cool idea. I never do the half sep below. Very cool video thanks.

[@jtmarinuk]

That has to be the best way to build technique and fretboard knowledge in a musically applicable way that I've ever seen, in particular on the chromatic scale, thank you so much for sharing this

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

I agree. All of Barry's stuff is great for fretboard knowledge. Glad you're enjoying.

[@visionrecordsbekasi]

the jazz tone its came from your finger.... truely.. your sound and feel amazing... thx for teaching..

[@jesperstrm7835]

Just discovered this channel. This is really helpful.

[@philipheptig2363]

Enjoyed it, Thank you

[@robertblagg4718]

Amazing stuff!

[@nikuman8058]

Wow, thank you so much for discussing these concepts here! I will comment on all video's as I work my way through to bump these on the YT algorithm.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Glad you're enjoying the channel. Please share with your musician friends.

[@nikuman8058]

@@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616 Will do, thanks again!

[@MultiLakica]

Great Cris...Master class lesson..Theory of music harmony is most important thing for serous playing and jam improvisation...

[@24-7Guitars]

Wow! What amazing ideas to work on. Thanks so much for sharing. I love (and hate) you for this LoL🤪

[@williamlewis6615]

I'm using all your lessons as a bass player and they are really paying off thanks so much for doing the series

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Great to hear William. Barry is the greatest.

[@petere7810]

The lessons are brilliant and the whole concept is really refreshing as you don’t cut the video after every sentence like every other youtuber. Although I’m sure you’ve changed on things in the last 2 years, but I lowkey hope you still keep your mistakes in the videos, as in a subject like this you can even learn from someone else’s mistakes. Also I hope you’re not going to put 3 ads in each lessons. Keep up the good work!

[@dominicklawrence3726]

Man! Before I started learning jazz, I thought I knew a lot about guitar. Even just at episode four, my mind is blown by how many possibilities exist. Thank you for these videos. I would love to have you show a bit about applying these concepts over changes rather than just on the scale. I know you show a bit about rhythm changes, but that part of the video moves very quickly, so it would be super helpful to go more in-depth about that. Connecting these phrases over tunes is tough.

[@idrisersin5318]

Great lesson! Thanks a lot!

[@francocirione4939]

this is so great! thank you bro. Saludos desde Argentina!

[@EliZevin]

So good man thanks again

[@dredhed0]

Thanks for sharing this info!!!

[@PlaybySoul]

Fantastic stuff i've never seen!! Thk for sharing man from thailand

[@iloverumi]

awesome stuff. thank you!

[@PedroSilvaMusic]

Amazing content. I could work on this lesson for a few months. Thank you

[@unclenote]

Great stuff !Thanks!

[@azomyte]

Dr Harris' chromatic scale always going to blow my mind, what a gift.

[@PhilippMoehrke]

Great stuff to practice.

[@mywholesomechannel]

Deceptively packed is this lesson. Going to take me ages to get this lot down. Awesome channel btw.

[@laurentroquebrun6723]

Great lessons, thanks

[@Bro.ŽO]

Thanks man! You are sent from heaven 🍀🌍🙂

[@sergiojaenlara2091]

Love these videos! Keep going!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Sergio Jaén Lara Thank you Sergio! More to come.

[@BlakePriddyMusic]

Dude…. This is basically Jen’s jazz course. Which is fantastic but he doesn’t quite teach the chromatic portion so I’ve been stuck on just how to apply the chromatic. I never thought to do the half step for the thirds triads and arps. When you do the arps you’re just doing all 12 notes which is damn sneaky. And then you know it in all 12 keys you have 12 chromatic scales. This is months worth of work. Love you man thank you

[@michaeljaramillo6263]

Very useful! Thanks.

[@miochemannetje7801]

inspirational stuff

[@romanslegion7771]

Again with the good stuff. !!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks Dr.

[@rojocolorado3764]

Thanks!

[@dickiefredericks]

These are really great lessons.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks Dickie! Glad you're enjoying these. Please share with your musician friends.

[@joshuamarks1129]

👍These videos are tremendous (several years of substantial musical practice material squeezed into 15 minute demos)! I especially like 9:26

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thanks Joshua.This is 100 percent Barry's material. It happens to fall beautifully on the guitar.

[@video_gabes]

I can't believe I haven't seen these sooner

[@kayende6759]

always good

[@jazmaan]

Thanks for all of these. I'm an advanced beginner on alto sax these concepts have been extremely helpful for me. Even though the "scales of chords" episodes are difficult for me to apply to the sax, they are still interesting. Any future episodes you might do that are aimed at horns or even vocalists would be greatly appreciated.

[@only4crap]

when it gets to the application part I get completely lost, but I know there are over a hundred of these now, so I'll keep watching and practicing (even as exercises only it already sounds good), looking forward to being able to use it when improvising

[@uhoh007]

Really great specific workouts than fill in so many blanks from other sources.

[@h0tsex0r]

Wow, great. Thank you.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Thank you. Please share with your musician friends.

[@KramerStephan]

Putting the chromatics on the thirds, triads and chords!! How did I miss that? It sounds awesome and you make such beautiful lines out of it! Thank you again.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Barry is the greatest.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Just got your CD with Sheila! Thanks for sending it to me. I'll be listening in the next couple of days. Happy for you brother!

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Stephan Kramer Listening to the CD. Great! Wow, verse to Like Someone in Love is beautiful. I'm not messing with the 7 string.

[@KramerStephan]

Thank you Chris, I just saw this. Glad to know you got it and you like it. Sheila was just here for 2 days kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5Tbg6uIhahngKs She will be 90 in November, Detroit energy like you know who.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

Something special about those Detroiters.

[@TimBeauBennett]

After 4 episodes my mind has been properly blown. It feels like the concept are really basic in their building blocks, but can be abstracted so far to be super robust. I'll give it a whirl for a few months and see how it goes!

[@SteveMahoney]

If you just add a chromatic anywhere, you don’t come out right all the time. Best commentary ever.

[@ChuckSilva]

Great!!q! So helpful and they good stuff’!

[@Joobie]

great vids

[@CarlosAcosta-co6qd]

Gracias!!!

[@deafprof]

Holy shit that sounds amazing! :)

[@nebojsastevanovic4367]

You deserve private Jet for this videos! Thank you!

[@jacholas330]

Just found an incredible use for this chromatic scale as a riff over the seven chord a step above it, e.g. playing the Bb chromatic over a C7

[@TheRealSandleford]

Hi. Thanks again for the great share! I wonder about when is a good time to use the half step rules? Is mainly about the timing and target tones? You mentioned it helping when in trouble. Really loved the sound of your examples walking up and those triplets you played the second time going back up after descending sounded so great.

[@TheDave292]

Thanks Chris I’m really enjoying your lessons! Going over each one very slowly to engrain things. By the way that scale using chromatics does pre-date 2000 as you gave it to me in 1993..I use it in Autumn Leaves……. A LOT!!

[@TheDave292]

OK…now that I think again maybe in 1996 but definitely before 2000.

[@thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616]

My memory isnt what it used to be.

[@Jalbertmusic]

Wow. This chromatic scale method is blowing my mind.