The Barry Harris scale for ii V in Minor

[Cunamara]

Might they have thought in terms of standard diatonic harmony intially i.e. the m7b5 as a chord built on the leading note? So Em7b5 to A7b9 - which I also think of as one harmonic unit - would be F major on the basis that E is the leading note of F major. Just a thought. Probably too simple.

I think of it as D harmonic minor rather than F major, due to the C# in the A7b5, but one can play the C natural as a blue note. That works as D natural minor/F major.

[Christian Miller]

I think of it as D harmonic minor rather than F major, due to the C# in the A7b5, but one can play the C natural as a blue note. That works as D natural minor/F major.

I just think minor. You do also get the natural 9th, depending on the music.


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[rpjazzguitar]

The old Cardex fakebook which was around from the mid 40s, or so I think, did not, iirc, have m7b5 chords. Instead, there were lots of m6 chords. I would guess that the early boppers were familiar with charts like that.

What I am curious about is how it changed.

[Navdeep_Singh]

Thomas Echols has just published his third little book on how to go from somewhere to anywhere using Berry Harris device devices. Good stuff. His first book was on the harmonic aspects; his second book was on the monophonic aspects. His third book is practical application: start somewhere, go anywhere. Using, for example, the following-

H Devices


Half step rules
Pivot
Up or down in thirds
Up or down the chord
Down the scale
Arpeggio from the 5
“3”
“4”
Half steps with a triplet
Up or down the triad
Tritone
Neighbor tone
Tritone’s Minor
Borrowing (6th chord and dim)
Chromatic run
Up or down the chord with a half step
Up a 3rd with a neighbor tone
Down a triad with a half step
Pivot with a half step
Arpeggio down from the 7th
Half steps rules with 8th note triplet
Tritone’s minor in 3rds
Minor 6 from the 5 in 3rds
Down a third to the Tritone
Up a 3rd with half step rules
Up the diminished chord
Down the diminished chord

[pamosmusic]

Links to these books?

[Navdeep_Singh]

Links to these books?

volume 3

https://www.thomasechols.com/scores/p/foundations-iii-what-can-i-do-with-x-pitch

The other two can be found on the same site