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G-7 =/= G-6
G-7 == BbMaj6
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11-27-2018 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Originally Posted by znerken
A-6 == F#-7b5
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Originally Posted by znerken
A-7 D7 GMaj7 and if you treat A-7 as A-6 than you are setting yourself up for A minor 6 diminished (chord) scale. Which alternates between dim and half dim inversions (in the more standard view).
So for A-7, C6 will give you the right 6 dim chord scale.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Originally Posted by znerken
Rhythm section DOES play II and V, which is what the 6 dim scales (the scale of chords part) are concerned with. When you solo you just play V.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
So one last question, when you play a II-V, and you play the relevant major on that II. You can always use all the dim chords in that relevant major6dim scale right?
So let's say we are in F major:
G-7 C7 F^7 use Bb6 Edim F6
So when I play that Bb6 dim scale chords, I can throw in all those dim chords, right?
Let's say we are in a VI-II-V-I:
Dmin-Gmin-C7-Fmaj
l F6 l Bb6 l Edim l F6 l (correct)?
You can for each bar, play the major scale and its dim chords? So for F6, I could play F6-Gdim-F6 then for Bb6 Bb6-Cdim-Bb6. Right?
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Originally Posted by znerken
(After all this I don't see Autumn Leaves as a minor song but read it as written in G6.)
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Originally Posted by znerken
That said, I think it is fair to say that learning to harmonize/re-harmonize isn’t the same thing as learning to comp. I believe you may be mixing up the two.
Comping is a specific skill that is very situation specific. Who are you comping for? Guitar? Horns? Singer? Do you have a bass player? A piano? Drums? In early swing jazz, band leaders considered guitars to be closer to drums than pianos, if that tell you anything about comping.
Most Realbook charts already are harmonized pretty densely. You don’t necessarily have to know anything about how to harmonize to comp. You can just play what is on the page. The art of comping is to know how to be in the groove, how to play dynamically to support the melodic player not overshadow her, to know which voices to play and which to omit, and to know when to add an embellishment and when to be sparse.
Learning how to harmonize/re-harmonize is exciting and fun. It is indispensable if you are trying to create a new arrangement, for example turning a show tune into a solo guitar piece. It is also necessary if you are so comfortable with the Realbook version it has become boring to you and you want to spice it up and challenge your audiences and band mates.
But re-harmonizing a tune and comping on it are not the same thing. They are different skills for different, if complimentary, tasks. I tend to be like the puppy who sees a squirrel every 10 yards, so I empathize with anyone who jumps from one topic to the next. If that’s you too, no worries. But I just wanted to makes sure you understood that this harmonizing theory isn’t likely to help much with your comping.
EDIT: I should add that I am saying all this as a LOUSY comper, but half way decent at arranging for solo guitar. But that is because that is what I play. I rarely play with other musicians. When I do, I am always embarrassed because I don’t comp well despite being able to re-harmonize. So I know what it takes to comp, I just don’t have much call for giving it the time and respect it needs.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProLast edited by rlrhett; 11-27-2018 at 05:48 PM.
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Originally Posted by WILSON 1
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I’m sorry for hijacking the thread. Chris’ video are very helpful, so I ended up in this thread.
Well according to what I have read on Barry Harris, the harmonization method is intended to be used on comping behind a soloist as well. Here’s a screen shot from Issue 1.0 - The Barry Harris approach to Improvised Lines & Harmony: An Introduction
I am not the right person to define comping, but of course chords are less important than groove, rhythm, staying out of the soloist etc. Still, without chords there are no comping?
What does the other Barry Harris approach users here do?
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It’s not really my ‘default method’ for comping, though I do use it for adding in a bit more movement here and there. But it is useful when you have a tune with 2 or more bars on the same chord, moving around the 6/dim stuff on those bars puts some movement back into it.
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Originally Posted by joe2758
I agree that we call AL a minor tune, I just "see" it on my instrument as G6 which makes it easier, for me, to transpose to other keys.
I just see it as II-V-I-IV-VII-III7-I6 and have to credit studying BH with that one.
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wilson, i agree woth your harmonic analysis on that one. i was concered that you might be treating the emin like a ii when it should be min6.
as for the thread I gave up on it since i didnt have anyone following along, so it’s free for all now.
But yeah Barry refers to the ii all the time, i think his thing is people give it too much weight. but it can be more than just filler, it can be a destination.
im watching a video right now and he says a ii v is just a 4 3 suspension.
really we need to be able to think all kind of ways.
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Bebop trousers are go
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Originally Posted by znerken
Jazz is full of shades of grey. You also find contradictions between teachers, but also common themes. you will even find good players here who contradict your teacher, but that doesn't mean your teacher, or they are wrong - it's just a point of view. People make use of what they find helpful.
But the advice 'focus on rhythm' is based on the tendency for jazz guitarists to get super obsessed with voicings, so they can play all of their drop voicings and so on, but not actually be able accompany another player with them. Basically, in order to comp you need resources, so you need some voicings.
But if don't know any voicings, 'learn some voicings' is a good piece of advice. TBH the advice, 'focus on rhythm' does not preclude learning some voicings either, just not to get hung up on them to the expense of everything else.
This doesn't mean you need a super methodical harmonic language. It means you need some voicings you like, and you need to know how to be able to harmonise a simple lead-line with them, which is one reason why its great to work on chord melody.
You can (and probably should) get used to working on systematic voicings as a route to fretboard mapping, but this doesn't necessarily relate to comping in the heat of the musical moment.
Take the basic jazz 101 chord grips and work with those for a bit, getting used to comping with them. If you don't know those, you need to learn them. Reg's advice on the other forum is basically what I would say to a student.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
You should play your chord voicings so much that they are like writing on a keyboard. I can do that upside down while doing something else and not miss a word :-)
So I am going to practice drop 2 and 3 even more, but this time, on tunes.
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Is the second scale example for G7 the "correct" one?
Cmi.ScALES.2.pdf
Cmi.SXALES.pdf
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no it should be Bb7 down to the 3rd of G
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And the ascending form of Bb7 (add B) played over G7 would be G Ab Bb B C D Eb F
Is there a problem with the ascending form starting on the root G played up to the 7th?
(That's what I have in example #1) again G Ab Bb B C D Eb F
But, for learning purposes must it is start on Bb (#9) and descend to the B (3rd)?
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I’m not sure about the scale you have derived, it looks interesting.
Barry would have you play Ab down the Bb7 scale to the 3rd of G.
reason being it perfectly represents the movement from Dhalf to G7.
it’s not one scale, it’s one scale going down to land on the first note of a new scale
we are “running scales into each other” as he says
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Thanks you for your help and patience. I get the ‘seven down to the third’ scale.
But I am confused about how to present the ascending scale drill in the second measure of the attached pdf. How would Harris teach the ascending scale drill for measure 2 ?
Please take a look at the following 3 examples. How should the ascending form be spelled?
pdf examples:
Cmi.ScALES.2various.pdf
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I am concluding the ascending scale form for practice over | D-7b5 | G7b9 | would simply be derived from the C harmonic minor scale notes. Play G Ab B C D Eb F . And half step rules may apply.
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i messed around and here is my best guess what he would do. disclaimer: i wouldnt call this a barry harris idea since i haven’t seen it.
D-Eb-F-G-Ab-Bb-B
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