It seemed to involve a very different orientation to navigating the changes melodically as a soloist or harmonically as a 'comping instrument.
BARRY HARRIS METHOD FOR GUITAR HOW TO
Sixth-diminished scales: a major (or minor) sixth chord combined with aĪlthough I attended Harris's workshops during my time at the camp, I wasn't sure how to incorporate his ideas into my playing. Of this focus on the diminished come a set of scales, what he calls For Harris the diminished scale has a foundational importanceįor the derivation of all the harmonic materials a player will use. Things get interesting is in the harmonic underpinnings of thisĪpproach. lydianĪugmented) than about chromatically manipulating major and scales. The system is less about learning specific scales (e.g. Melodies through the use of certain "rules" (for example, descendingįrom the tonic, 3rd, 5th or 7th of a major scale add one half-stepīetween the 6th and 5th degree). The "Harris Method" is structured moreĮxplicitly around bop practice and focuses on creating smooth chromatic With so much mystificationĪround the process of improvisation, that remains an important lesson.Ī few years ago, I attended the Stanford Jazz Workshop-a week-long,Īll-ages summer "camp." That program is structured around the ideas ofīebop pianist Barry Harris. One of the central messages of all his instructional materials is The Aebersold approach has introduced many, many musicians to the For all its limitations, and there are problems with such a heavy focus on scales (see David Ake's discussion in Jazz Cultures, U.C. Is also closely connected to legendary jazz educator David N. There is more to it than this, and the Aebersold world You derive the melodic material you want to play from a scale or Was exposed to the Jamey Aebersold approach-basically a scale-chord Particular methodology, but they did have preferences. Of the teachers I've had were dogmatic in their adherence to a Surprisingly large number of approaches or methods to choose from. Material has exploded in the past 20+ years. Guides are not new-you can find books on how to play and improvise jazz Has had an obvious impact on the way the music is taught. Jazz, as many other writers have pointed out, is increasingly taught in
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