This Theory is Transforming Guitar Playing (Barry Harris' Creation Theory)

[@apollodesign]

Amazing work. I stumbled upon this theory while studying Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky in university, and went down the rabbit hole to realize Barry Harris already covered it. It goes very well hand-in-hand with both the Lydian Chromatic approach and the augmented axis to boot!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@apollodesign thank you! Great!!

[@joechiari]

yes indeed, it's a friendly version of Messian's Modes Of Limited Transposition too

[@Tjdes]

I studied Barry Harris' method a couple years ago and this is the most concise, well put explanation of his diminished to dominant substitutions I've ever seen. Great stuff

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Wow thank you! I appreciate that a lot

[@Tjdes]

@@GuitarLuminary-s7f I think you're onto something with this format, hope the channel does well!

[@taura101]

Such a powerful use of 4 mins 12 secs.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@taura101thank you! Hope I can keep it up with future videos.

[@TirtaLeonardi]

This is the most clearest and straight to the point explanation of this concept on the guitar tha I’ve ever encountered

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@nadionmediagroup]

Hard agree. This is so intuitive. Imma be trying it. Subscribed.

[@leegollin4417]

Pat Martino did the same for guitarists many years ago. That said he never talked about those chords as possible substitutions in a II V I progression. You can also call those Minor 6 chords Minor7b5 chords.

[@louismaiden8360]

I've been binge watching music theory videos on KZbin for years and no one has better explanations and (crucially) useful applications than this channel. Incredibly value content.

[@screamingjimmy]

absolutely

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you 🙏 your comment is highly appreciated

[@wheninroamful]

Man! Fantastic vid; all of it!!!!! Random recommendation and see you got a few vids so far; you're gonna be in it for the long haul; I can tell. Just do this and folks will come. Teaching in a concise and inviting way; perfect. and the video itself is great production. Im stoked. for ya. And thanks for actually doing this for your time.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@wheninroamful Thank You! I highly appreciate your support!

[@phantomplanet]

Well said. Spot on. 🍻

[@elvinc.brasov8480]

This is pretty much just like you said the most pragmatic method on guitar learning that I’ve seen! It reminds me of when I started playing guitar and meet guitar players, they would see me play and give me one trick, usually how to look at some chords in a key and the connection on the guitar, and then it would totally just take my playing to the next level because of the experimentation that followed. You don’t need to learn every single thing from someone, you need some guidance and a point of start and then you do the exploring! Fantastic videos!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you! 😊 I‘m glad you enjoyed it!

[@phantomplanet]

4:11 of utter brilliance. 🙌🏼

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you 🙏

[@Retrograde6]

This is a great vid. Chords and harmony are endlessly fascinating and beautiful. You earned a sub from me

[@threee1298]

Thank you this is wonderful, it's refreshing to come across a video that is actually packed with insight instead of drawing a concept out as long as possible

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you!

[@johricpea]

I watched all five videos. They are outstanding and clearly explained. I'm looking forward to more. I really like that the videos are reasonably short, 4-5 minutes. Nice work.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@johricpea Thanks - I appreciate your feedback!

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

I like the format of your videos. And the fact that you don’t consider your audience to be completely naive at the instrument. All the chords are presented in a fluid way and in a musical context, without ostensibly naming each note and its position on the fretboard like other online teachers that seem to assume their audience are completely tone deaf and have just picked up a guitar for the first time in their life. There is a pause button in YT after all if someone is actually a beginner. You’ve earned my subscription.

[@MaxGossard]

This channel is about to take off. Subscribed. Good luck!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@MaxGossard Thank you!

[@theseoldhands532]

Wow I’ve spent a lifetime trying to remember chords modes scales and theory (to which my knowledge is still small) this is presented in such a fluid and interesting manner it makes me want to retain the information it also makes me smile and want to play more guitar 🎸

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you 🙏 i am glad you enjoyed it

[@Allsystemsaredown]

Beautifully presented! So far out of my comfort zone that I can only get brief glimpses of how it all might work. Brilliant though.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you! I will make much more videos taking a closer look at practical ways to implement these ideas on the fretboard. It is helpful in so many ways.

[@jackwilloughby239]

I for one would appreciate a pdf showing how to explore this. You did a great job of putting this all in a Nutshell. I have to say everything you played was already familiar to my ears, but the left side of my brain could never really figure out what was going on. Cheers, Jack

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@jackwilloughby239 Thank you for commenting. I will provide PDF‘s for my videos in the near future. Cheers

[@santy6493]

Extremely educative, thank you for this ❤

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you for commenting!

[@bulkrivero]

Really concise and clear. Thank you!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@bulkrivero Thank you!

[@KevinTPLim]

I love this so much :) it’s all just voice leading in the end anyway isn’t it?

[@johnhopper1979]

Excellent complete explanation. well done .cheers from Australia 😁

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thanks! Cheers back to Australia🍻

[@manschool4992]

This is a great help for those accompanying a singer. I need help filling in the silence between phrases. The Barry Harris Approach is movement beyond mere half step approaches or reharms. Thank you for this simple explanation.

[@agindertube]

Excellent 👌👏 Barry Harris in 4+ minutes. (May be worthwhile adding that min6 are half diminished chords; eg raise Ab in B dim to A and get Bm7b5 - as you show)

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@agindertube Thanks! I should have mentioned that. You’re right. I try to keep these as short a possible and sometimes cut out important parts.

[@etherneedle]

1k subs in 2 weeks is crazy keep up with the amazing theory content

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@etherneedle It completely surprised me! Thanks - i will try my best

[@lorenzosyquia4769]

When will you upload the music sheet/tabs for the arrangement you played in the intro? that was beautiful.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@lorenzosyquia4769 thank you! I will write it down for you. I will let you know

[@sibusisogumede]

That was a killer. I couldn't tell whether you were playing shell chords or triads.

[@lorenzosyquia4769]

@@GuitarLuminary-s7f Lovely! Thank you! I will use it as chord exercise practice and see how I apply similar movements to the standards I am learning.

[@Peter-sk5vg]

Fantastic encapsulation

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you!

[@justintuccimusic]

Great video love the animation 🧬🎶🎸

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thanks!

[@efficientguitarlessons]

Fantastic content and delivery

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@efficientguitarlessons thank you professor!

[@neilmurphy7594]

Great content, great aesthetic. Thanks for this!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@neilmurphy7594 thank you sincerely!

[@WolfgangSambs]

Nicely done!! ❤

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@WolfgangSambs thanks!

[@mykneeshurt8393]

I somewhat understand this concept. What I don't understand is how to put my fingers on my guitar to make those diminished chords.... Great video!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@mykneeshurt8393 Thank you! I am uploading the new video tomorrow - that should help fingering diminished chords.

[@Elixirmusiques]

Magnifique! Excellent explanations and examples! TY!

[@kiim_caam]

Genius! Will have to come back this.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you! Barry Harris really was a genius. Please do come back as often as you want.

[@Chimp_No_1]

Fascinating ! Thank you for sharing ! New subscriber !

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you!

[@kwekuhodgson1976]

Now you‘ll be taking over both : English speaking and German thinking jazz lovers around the globe! Simply beautifl 💫🎸💥

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you mate! I appreciate all your support

[@BlackMath69]

similar to Pat Martino's observations about augmented triads when a degree is raised/lowered it becomes a maj/min relative

[@leegollin4417]

He did the same as here with diminished chords. This isn’t new.

[@niccoloaurelius1587]

This video is inspiring me to take up the guitar again.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Perfect! Mission accomplished 😅

[@blake4460]

amazing lessons!

[@chrismuratore4451]

Ive never thought about theory, and only use it as a tool to analyze what i was doing in my chord progressions, and its like the complete opposite of this. I end up using mostly min11, 6, 9, 6/9 chords. Really weird extensions and almost never a 7th chord unless its a dimished 7. There's just so much to learn

[@royalblue5758]

It was a bit over my head to be honest but I will persevere with it. Understanding music theory is the key to being n=more creative and allows you to take things into a different level of playing. I have subscribed and will get my head around this in time. Thanks for putting this up. PS. Is there an order in which you suggest to watch the videos?

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@royalblue5758 Thank you! Watch the video „guitarists never showed me the obvious chords“ first to understand which chords belong to your key as well as which chord progressions are important. Than watch the „I overfocused on 251“ video to understand the importance of Dominant V chords. The other 2 videos are more about lead guitar. I hope that helps. I will make even more simple videos in the near future to make sure everyone is on board. Kind regards

[@Errato76]

Thank you 😊

[@davepuxley7387]

Wow!

[@Tabu11211]

After years and years of studying Dr Harris, I found that there are only 3 keys. All tonics from the c family have subdominants in the f family and dominants in the g family. Thats it, thats all of music right there.

[@ericboberic]

Well done!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@ericboberic thank you!

[@elrafa782]

A lot to think about! Thanks

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@elrafa782 you‘re welcome! Thank you for commenting

[@epolat19]

Amazing!

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you! I owe it to Barry Harris

[@notagamer32]

Wow this was enlightening !

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@notagamer32 Thank you for commenting!

[@bluuraee]

This video is amazing, thank you very much for putting this together. It would have been really helpful if you had put the chords being played above the guitar when he strummed them, particularly at the end during the m6 chords demonstration. Regardless, this video is going to be an essential during my studies.

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you. I will note that idea for the next videos.

[@LoveOneAnotherHeSaid]

This is the musical equivalent of Norman Lindsey's The Magic Pudding. Keep eating, the more it grows.

[@OceanMoonJack]

Incredible. Subbed.

[@bravingbrivatebrian]

I love how at the end you try giving an example for subbing in the Minor 6 chords but you just keep playing half diminished chords instead

[@anglach3l]

Lolol. (In case anyone doesn’t get this joke, they’re the same chords. You can insist on notating it one way or the other but it’s just fighting over inversions at that point.)

[@vvndchme]

Good channel

[@eccentricballad9039]

i just found the best teacher ever

[@dananthony6258]

Oh my lord I think it just clicked. 🤯😱🤗

[@Axiom9_Band]

Holy freaking Crap! Gotta apply this to our Doom Jams!

[@KevinJohnsrude]

It's not very clear on the dim7 to m6 transformation and having all the dim7 grips more clearly stated would be nice. Otherwise, it's a wonderful and simple explanation of Harris' theory

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

Thank you for commenting. I will make many more videos explaining the minor6th-Dominant. It is my favorite sound after all. But it did come a little short at the end of this video, I agree. I just really didn’t want to leave it away.

[@blipblap614]

Notice that by definition, the dim7 chord contains intervals of a minor third, a diminished fifth, and a "double flat" seventh (major sixth). A half-diminished chord contains the same minor third and diminished fifth, just with a (normal) minor seventh. Raising any note of a dim7 chord by a semitone gives you the four corresponding half-diminished chords. In any half-diminished (m7b5) chord, the intervals min3-min3-maj3-step form an inversion of a m6 chord: min3-maj3-step-min3. For example, Bm7b5 = B D F A is an inversion of Dm6 = D F A B. (By similar reasoning, Am7 is C6.)

[@e.d.1642]

This is pretty old and known stuff, you won't get a renaissance out of it because it's already used by all professionals. Nice way to approach it pragmatically on the guitar, though. Also, I feel Barry Harris made a nice story out of it, but he certainly didn't invent it, the interchangeability of diminished chords and the fact they're all basically 7b9s was well known. Furthermore, if you check it out, there's only one chord out of the four included in the diminished that really stands out. For exemple, Ab°7 is G7b9, Bb7b9, Db7b9, E7b9. In C, G7 is the dominant, Db7 the sub-five, Bb7 the backdoor (minor subdominant), and E7 really stands out (unless you consider the relativity of C and Am) - but on top of a G is a standard triad superstructure for G713b9. They're all part of the octatonic sound (wished you mentioned that!) with its own scale.

[@FloydManFloyd]

What if you don't think dominant chords sound nice?

[@st3h3pn]

gold

[@N00BleSouP24]

Thank you for explaining theory, even just for dummies would be cool to see lol

[@ultimateinspirationguitar]

Well done. I make simple, useful KZbin videos (I'm more of a teacher than a videographer), I can't imagine the amount of editing invovled in making this! Can I ask what programs you used (I'm always looking to improve my videos, thanks!!)

[@leoosiku]

Just study Roni Ben Hur and Pasquale Grasso for this applied to guitar!

[@jamesgomez753]

Wow

[@terrormilk384]

3:30 im sitting on my toilet and lost myself so deeply i started making faces as tho i was playing this myself xD

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@terrormilk384 😂

[@janmichaeljablonsky9847]

The late Barry Harris has become a cultish music teacher.

[@ryanedwardmusic]

It's a fun theory but the chromatic scale is actually derived from the major scale around the circle of fifths. The major scale is the parent scale.

[@antoniotito4941]

Complimenti 😮😮

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@antoniotito4941 Thank you 🙏

[@moviewizard471]

Holy moly...

[@bravingbrivatebrian]

Its gonna take me a bit to understand this video but based on the comments im getting the impression this is just a different way of looking at tritone substitutions?

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

The tritone sub is only one possible „sibling“. This Theory explains basically all options. But it gives us much more than I could mention in this short video. It is absolutely worth digging into, it honestly transformed my playing as well as many others. You can find Barry Harris himself talking about it for hours on the web. I just tried to put it as simply as possible. Hope it helps a few people.

[@otucanal-wv2rt]

nice

[@visog]

Similar to Pat Martino's approach too.

[@Crowsinger]

🤯

[@ValirAmaril]

barry harris put together a system that is incredibly useful for getting into playing jazz quickly. my issue with statements like 'the universe is made of twelve notes' is, that makes it sound like a universal truth when it's really just one tradition of western music, and there's many cultures that base their music on a different number of notes.

[@etherneedle]

ii-V-I just got way crazier lol

[@etherneedle]

Ts breaking my brain 1 min in

[@UncleBoobieCosmicOverlord]

This shit confuses the crap out of me? 😅

[@shannexthedestroyer4037]

You lost me about a minute in

[@GuitarLuminary-s7f]

@@shannexthedestroyer4037 i am sorry about that. I hope i can make it easier for you next time

[@woodybrison]

My problem with it all is the terminology. And I mean a scale that goes C,D,E,F,G then wraps around to A,B. And the sharps and flats? Who invented this? It's howling insanity.

[@etherneedle]

ABCDEFG is the a minor scale seems simple enough to me

[@jcoop3660]

I cannot get interested in theory, it puts me to sleep literally.

[@LostSoulAscension]

Gawd the gain on the audio is terrible, and the trebble on the cymbals in the intro was absolutely intolerable.

[@TheRealJanKafka]

Is this what we should expect from AI? Creepy and irritating...