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Barry Harris called the scale for ii V in minor “the minor’s five”. It is an ideal hybrid permutation. It is balanced with an extra added note. Balanced simply means that the chords tones stay on the beat. And we don't learn it up from its root, but instead, down from its 7th to the 3rd of the dominant chord of the moment.
Charlie Parker featured it numerous times during his solo on "What Is This Thing Called Love"
It's not just another cool lick. It is the archetypical, ideal permutation of the only hybrid scale outline that perfectly balances over a ii V in minor. Fluency with this scale requires retraining ones thinking and reflexes.
This hybrid scale can be analyzed as the 5th mode of Harmonic Minor with a very important added extra note. But conceiving of it and implementing it as the 5th mode of Harmonic Minor played down from its 6th degree with the added note is too awkward, in my opinion.
Harry Likas was the "Technical Editor of "The Jazz Theory Book" by Mark Levine and also helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book".
Last edited by rintincop; 01-28-2022 at 01:54 PM.
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01-27-2022 09:11 PM
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Another Example
Last edited by rintincop; 01-28-2022 at 01:55 PM.
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A third example with "Caravan" using what I'm calling "The Barry Harris ii V in minor scale".
Harry Likas was the "Technical Editor of "The Jazz Theory Book" by Mark Levine and also helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book".
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Whole half dim scale with a natural 4 instead of a #4.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith
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You're right. It would be closer to mix flat 6; with a b2 and #2 instead of a natural 2.
For C7, the notes would be: C,Db,Eb,E,F,G,Ab,Bb,C
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith
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Acknowledges is misspelled on the Caravan page. Not trying to be a curmudgeon but if you’re printing this, that’s something you want to correct.
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Originally Posted by rintincop
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Another example
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As best as I can tell, this is just what Barry and his students have long called "the minor's dominant".
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