Barry Harris - Using Major 6 Diminished Scale

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Barry Harris gives a lesson on how to use and apply the major 6 diminished scale over chord progressions. He demonstrates the scale patterns and shows how they can be connected between different notes of the scale.

Barry Harris demonstrates how to play chord progressions using the major 6 diminished scale patterns starting from different root notes of the scale. He plays through examples starting on C, D, E, and other notes.

Barry Harris focuses on explaining the major 6 diminished scale and how it can be applied over different chord progressions. He emphasizes being able to start the scale patterns from any note in the scale.

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale

(Last update: July 18, 2018)(See YouTube video at link shown below)

playlist: https://goo.gl/uVkcZQ Transcript: Robert Glover 17-Jul-2017


90

(video
abruptly
starts...)

C7 alt
3 Gmin7 5

Fmin6 "See the


5
Edim7 A min 6 Edim7 A min 6 B 7 5 movement..."

7 "Watch... watch...watch..."
Edim7 A min 6 Edim7

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale


2
9 (C major 6 diminished scale chords, in "drop 2" positions from "C" to "C")
"Here..... Here's what music's playing..."

11

15 "Now watch. From every note you should be "from 'D'..."


able to say: from 'C'..."

19 " 'E'..."

21 " 'F'..." " 'G'..."

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale


25 " 'A flat'..." " 'A'..." 3

"See, that
29 " 'B'..." means you "From any one of the notes
should be able..." you should be able to move"

33 "So I say..." "Suppose I did this...."

"And I grab those notes.... You know what


"Now, here's C six... 'C' six. would happen if I go contrary? It's going
It's 'A' minor 7, but it's 'C six'. " to be beautiful. Watch.... "
35

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale


A 4

37 64
D7 alt
Amin7

"Just... just through


7
the moves...."
40 Amin7 D7 Gmin7 C7 Fmin7 B
E Maj7

"So.... So you have to know the scales..."


44 50 Cmaj6
G min 7

46 G min 7 Cmaj6 "I've gotta know...."

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale


5
47 "Any kind
of way...."

"If you
50 100 said..."

Cmaj6
53 60
D7

54 B maj 6 C7

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale


"You end up with all kinds of stuff...." 6
55 80
D7
Cmaj6 (or Am 7)

58 70 C7
Gmin7 (or B maj 6)

"Now watch...
watch right (video ends
"And it says here... as Barry
"So if we half to play it in a song... augmented..." F minor 7...." stands and
60 we can play it in a song..." points
B maj 6 F7+5 Fmin7 at lead sheet)
B maj 9 F13

Barry Harris: Using Major 6 Diminished Scale

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