Practice Resolutions - Goals For The New Year

[GuyBoden]

I spent about 6 months with the BH chromatic scale, but included octave jumps and arps etc. I retained some of the lines I liked.

Here: Chromatic Scale Sequences
At that time, I hadn't watch the Chris Parks video, but the BH chromatic scale stuff starts at about 7:20min on the video.

[Christian Miller]

I spent about 6 months with the BH chromatic scale, but included octave jumps and arps etc. I retained some of the lines I liked.

Here: Chromatic Scale Sequences
At that time, I hadn't watch the Chris Parks video, but the BH chromatic scale stuff starts at about 7:20min on the video.

Yeah I mean, it's stuff like ..

• Can you play scale outlines all positions at tempo through the obvious standards repertoire?
• Can you play added note rules for all the chords starting on any given note of the scale?
• Can you play the added note rules, thirds, thirds with a half step, chords, chords with a half step, arpeggios and arpeggios with a half step through the dominant, major and minor scales?
• Important chords of the dominant
• How about surrounds?
• Can you connect from the V chord to the I using the diminished?
• Do you know the 5-4-3-2 phrases

All of this at around 200bpm in class... :-O

The advanced applications of the added note rule are all in DVD set II. Quite a bit down the road.

[Christian Miller]

I spent about 6 months with the BH chromatic scale, but included octave jumps and arps etc. I retained some of the lines I liked.

Here: Chromatic Scale Sequences
At that time, I hadn't watch the Chris Parks video, but the BH chromatic scale stuff starts at about 7:20min on the video.

The thing is the way YouTube works for me is I watch Chris demoing the triads and whatnot through the Bb scale and try it on my guitar and think - woah, a bit rusty on those half step ones, I should practice that for 5m a day for the next few weeks.

And then I stop watching.

My experience has taught me that I am bad at learning things and it takes a while. Make of that what you will.

[Christian Miller]

Anyway to come back to the OP, and aside from my Barry Harris half step patterns for the next few weeks, this is what's in my notepad

Whether or not I remember to do any of this is another thing. It's clearly too many things. I think if I choose one or two that's fine.

• Transposing tunes
• Maqam improvisation
• Fugetta versets
• Improvising Allemandes and Gavottes from a set bass
• Tim Miller/Goodrick hexachord stuff with quartal
• Bembe/QNT phrases
• Groupings of five
• Soloing more in low positions
• Echols elevator stuff for 6-dim sales through tunes
• Going up the scale as well as down (add note rules)
• Transposing melodies at sight

• Transcribe comping
• Diminutions on quartal cycles

Solos

• Miss Anne’s tempo
• Nica’s dream (Wes and Kurt)
• Get Kid Charlemagne and Moose up to speed

I'm also thinking I should get back into Monk this year.

I have a list of standards I should look at.

[charlieparker]

Yeah I mean, it's stuff like ..

• Can you play scale outlines all positions at tempo through the obvious standards repertoire?
• Can you play added note rules for all the chords starting on any given note of the scale?
• Can you play the added note rules, thirds, thirds with a half step, chords, chords with a half step, arpeggios and arpeggios with a half step through the dominant, major and minor scales?
• Important chords of the dominant
• How about surrounds?
• Can you connect from the V chord to the I using the diminished?
• Do you know the 5-4-3-2 phrases

All of this at around 200bpm in class... :-O

The advanced applications of the added note rule are all in DVD set II. Quite a bit down the road.

Yeah. I have the DVDs and workbook set and my impression it is more a Bebop Technique 101. If you can play the various devices at 200 bpm you will be well on your way to being to having some bebop snippets under your fingers.

It has stuff like quarter note triplets, mixed rhythms, approach notes and enclosures along with the stuff you mentioned.

I am finding I can't play that stuff at anywhere near the speeds in the workshop and have been stuck on just working through the first two pages of the work book at slow tempos of 80 bpm.

[Christian Miller]

I can’t reiterate enough that the first time I went to Barry’s workshop about 90% of it went over my head.

It took me a real concerted effort to get to the point where I could play scales well enough to hang


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[James W]

Yeah. I have the DVDs and workbook set and my impression it is more a Bebop Technique 101. If you can play the various devices at 200 bpm you will be well on your way to being to having some bebop snippets under your fingers.

It has stuff like quarter note triplets, mixed rhythms, approach notes and enclosures along with the stuff you mentioned.

I am finding I can't play that stuff at anywhere near the speeds in the workshop and have been stuck on just working through the first two pages of the work book at slow tempos of 80 bpm.

All I can do is reiterate that the big game-changer for me regarding being able to feel comfortable playing at speeds of 200+BPM was to change my picking motion to the thumb and first finger AKA 'Circular picking'. You should experiment with it.

[James W]

I can’t reiterate enough that the first time I went to Barry’s workshop about 90% of it went over my head.

It took me a real concerted effort to get to the point where I could play scales well enough to hang


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Went over your head as in you missed the nuances of what he was saying? I'm interested and curious to know... Because from my admittedly second hand knowledge of the BH method it doesn't seem hard to understand*, but harder to get into your fingers...

*Of course those added note scales may be more intricate than I have yet to learn about...

[GuyBoden]

About a year or so back, I bought the Talk Jazz book by Roni Ben-Hur. (Based on the Barry Harris method)

The book conveys the basic method in a very simplistic way.

Quote from the Talk Jazz book by Roni Ben-Hur:
"The pages within contain a collection of studies developed by me and Barry Harris."

[Christian Miller]

Went over your head as in you missed the nuances of what he was saying? I'm interested and curious to know... Because from my admittedly second hand knowledge of the BH method it doesn't seem hard to understand*, but harder to get into your fingers...

Initially, I just didn't have a clue what was going on.

But TBF I was coming in completely blind. No-one on my scene knew about Barry back then. Not much interest. There was about 20 people at the class.

I don't think YouTube existed yet when I started going.

But it still took me a long time to get to grips with it, even when I had access to more info.

[Mick-7]

• Maqam improvisation
• Fugetta versets

I'm afraid to ask you what those are.

[Christian Miller]

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I'm afraid to ask you what those are.

The former being improvising on middle eastern scales and tetrachords. Transcribe some more Oud players

The second I can answer in video form

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[GuyBoden]

Below are some New Year Resolutions from Joe Pass:

[pauln]

[AllanAllen]

Paul, your system seems so utterly different than mine or anyone else’s. It’s fascinating.

[benhatchins]

Setting clear goals at the start of the year makes a big difference in progress. I try to break mine into technique, repertoire, and improvisation so I’m not just noodling. Recording yourself weekly can be humbling but incredibly useful. Small, consistent practice blocks beat marathon sessions every time. It’s funny how we research everything these days — people will ask is Halara legit help-center.pissedconsumer.com/is-halara-legit/ before buying workout gear but won’t question their own practice habits. Discipline matters more than fancy tools. Even 30 focused minutes daily can move the needle.

[pauln]

Paul, your system seems so utterly different than mine or anyone else’s. It’s fascinating.

An anti-system resolution; lists what I never want to think about on stage.