Your questions answered: How to apply Barry Harris 6-diminished on “Body and Soul“

Great question about how to apply 6-Diminished moves. The possibilities are endless but I try to focus on to archetypal examples from class in “Body and Soul”
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[@themidger1]

Isaac, I just sat down to practice your 10 chord routine and this video popped up! Great timing. These example sessions are fantastic. Watching you “do the math” on what you’re playing makes the system and it’s application so much more clear. Thank you so much for making these videos !

[@isaacraz]

Thanks Midger! I appreciate your very kind, and insightful commentary! It inspires me to keep going! Are you a teacher?

[@themidger1]

Isaac Raz not a teacher! My mother was a Spanish teacher though so I grew up very aware of pedagogy and what makes a good teacher. Studying how an idea is presented also helps understand the idea itself in a meta sort of way. Since you are clearly a very good teacher, even just studying how you teach Barry theory helps tremendously with understanding it all. Your presentation of ideas is very clear and ordered in a way that increases the complexity of the topic in a manageable way. (My name is Sean by the way, I never bothered to change to a more normal account and now my subscriptions are tied to this very old account)

[@isaacraz]

Thanks Sean. Clearly you are one of those that “get it” yes I try to “do the math” that’s exactly the vibe you hit it spot on.

[@MC-mi4ck]

What!? I am so happy you took my request I had trouble paying attention to the video. But this is exactly an idea I wanted to hear. I’m going to apply it to guitar and hopefully make a video and send it your way. Thanks so much!

[@isaacraz]

You got it Matt. It was a great question. I hope it was clear. There are so many other ways to do it but I you ought of stock to the stuff BH does in class.

[@crispinsday]

i also really like the way you play

[@marcavice7505]

Thanks a lot for all your Barry Harris videos! Fantasy for all of us around the world wanted to know more about Barry’s approach and concepts!

[@isaacraz]

Thanks Marc it’s a privilege to be able to pass the first-hand information along to the broader KZbin community. Thanks for your kind comments!

[@quentina8596]

Thank you so much ! I just discovered your channel, and it's very illuminating to get into Barry's approach !

[@tradingwithwill7214]

Need this dumbed down more ie for each melody note and what 6th/dim chord, what inversion etc the initial Bb7 is not part of Db major, etc.

[@joshuamarks1129]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ That move outward from 2 “diminished notes” to 3 “6th notes” is perhaps the most precise demonstration of the massive musical value of perceiving chord/scale relationships as contrapuntal melodic relationships.

[@isaacraz]

Yes in fact we would do well to dispense with the idea of “harmony” altogether and instead think of “counterpoint” which is how the old masters did it!

[@joshuamarks1129]

Isaac Raz I notice that I’m starting to hear/see many minor7(b5) or minor 6th chords as diminished chords with a “borrowed 6th.” But does Barry use the term “half diminished”?

[@isaacraz]

He uses “m7b5” and “half diminished” interchangeably as far as I’ve noticed

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

This seems to be a terrific video, but unfortunately the picture is too blurred to see what you're doing. I can get some of it from the sound and explanations, but not the rest.

[@christopheribrahim7143]

Thanks for the info man! Could you maybe talk about that diminished flat 3?

[@isaacraz]

Great question. BH talks about it often. He says it connects the 2 and the 1 (with the 3rd in the bass). as in "The song is you"

[@christopheribrahim7143]

@@isaacraz ah I see. Or I guess like "it could happen to you"

[@TheTopcat1441]

How do I donate to you?!

[@isaacraz]

Thank you so much for asking! Here’s my Patreon page. It’s still being built... www.patreon.com/user?u=32908158&fan_landing=true