This is work-in-progress of Barry's piano harmony course, with interactive elements
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As the Barry Harris Institute of Jazz video archive is rolled out, it has been noted that the content is somewhat overwhelming and users do not know where to start as they embark on their journey to learn Barry's approach to jazz harmony.
To remedy this, we are proposing a course that guides the student through the video archive in a systematized, progressive and cumulative way. This course will present the student with examples of Barry's most iconic exercises, accompanied by short verbal explanations and corresponding links to videos and timestamps that illustrate each concept. Most of the exercises will also be demonstrated in the context of a tune, either as notation or as a video excerpt with Barry on the piano. Here is a table of contents that covers most of Barry's harmonic devices. |
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LESSON 1 | ||||
Quote: "You can't have a chord without a scale" | ||||
When a chord is specified in a lead sheet, the tendency is to play a particular voicing of that chord, and then wait for the next chord before changing the voicing. However, this makes for a static approach to harmony. One way to add some variety to that chord is to switch to another voicing, which may be more open (or more closed), more dense (or more sparse), or even an inversion of the initial chord.
Voicing n. 1 This 4 note voicing is called a ‘drop 2’ voicing (the 2nd note from the top is dropped an octave). |
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Practice this in all 12 keys.
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Extract from video BH 03 06 1 - 00:15:50 | |||