Chris Juergensen

20 videos in order. The coloured numbers are the ideas of Barry’s method each one covers.A second opinion, not Barry

1. 1
   6th diminished for guitar

   Applies Barry Harris’ 6th diminished theory to guitar: the B diminished 7th chord, C minor 6 and its inversions.

   9.59.4

   16 minno transcript yetYouTube

2. 2
   Minor 6 diminished for guitar

   Builds a C minor 6 diminished scale from C-6 and Bdim7, harmonises its eight chords and plays them over a C minor vamp.

   9.59.4

   13 minno transcript yetYouTube

3. 3
   LOTD 56: enclosures, superimposition and a chromatic blues lick

   A quick-change blues lick built from enclosures, superimposition and chromatic ideas, reworked from LOTD 44 and 45.

   6.5

   11 minno transcript yetYouTube

4. 4
   I put bebop in a blues: chromatic scale and minor 6 diminished

   Applies Barry Harris’ chromatic scale guidelines and the minor 6 diminished scale to a blues in A, with double stops.

   6.109.513.1

   16 minno transcript yetYouTube

5. 5
   6 diminished in a funk groove: D6 and A6 diminished over Bm7

   Tries the D and A six diminished scales over a one-chord Bmin7 funk/rock vamp.

   9.39.1

   11 minno transcript yetYouTube

6. 6
   Chromatic scale workout part 2: ascending patterns over a blues

   Ascending patterns using Barry Harris’ chromatic scale guidelines, applied over a blues.

   6.10

   13 minno transcript yetYouTube

7. 7
   Chromatic scale workout part 3: major pattern and approached arpeggios

   A new major pattern up and down by the chromatic guidelines, plus diatonic arpeggios approached from a half step below.

   6.106.66.1

   18 minno transcript yetYouTube

8. 8
   Chromatic scale workout part 4: pivot arpeggios

   Pivot arpeggios: 7th arpeggios with the 3rd, 5th and 7th played below the root, with diatonic approach notes.

   6.76.10

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9. 9
   Chromatic scale workout part 5: reverse engineering a lick

   Reverse engineers a lick from part 4 into a formula that can be used to make many more licks.

   6.107.2

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10. 10
    Chromatic scale workout part 6: changing pivot arpeggios to fit

    Takes part 5’s lick and changes the pivot arpeggios to fit the scale pattern, to build quick problem solving.

    6.76.10

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11. 11
    Chromatic scale workout part 9: variations and new formulas

    How changing the chromatic scale guidelines and where the chromatic notes fall creates many new possibilities.

    6.10

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12. 12
    Chromatic scale workout part 10: 16th notes and funky variations

    Ascending 16th-note lines with the chromatic scale guidelines, for jazz and especially a funk jam.

    6.10

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13. 13
    Chromatic scale workout part 16: more sequences

    Learns a new ascending and descending sequence and tests it against a 16th-note funk track.

    6.10

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14. 14
    Chromatic scale workout part 18: chromatic rules on Lydian dominant

    Uses the chromatic scale guidelines to play the C Lydian dominant scale (G melodic minor).

    6.10

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15. 15
    Chromatic scale workout part 19: chromatic Lydian dominant licks

    Licks on the Lydian dominant scale made by bending the chromatic guidelines on where the half steps go.

    6.10

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    Chromatic scale workout part 22: the chromatic scale on a jazz blues

    Plays the scale for each of the four key centres of a Bb jazz blues by the chromatic rules, then adds arpeggios.

    6.104.413.1

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17. 17
    Chromatic scale workout part 23: developing your own lines

    New lines on the Bb jazz blues by adding arpeggios and changing some of the half-step guidelines.

    6.1013.1

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18. 18
    Harmonic snack 3: 6 on the 5th harmony

    Superimposes 6 diminished scale harmony on the 5th of a major chord, for when you have time on one chord.

    9.29.4

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19. 19
    Harmonic snack 5: 6 on the 5th harmony (chord alchemy part 2)

    Dense four-note chords from B 6 diminished scale harmony over E major, descending by moving the third string first.

    9.29.4

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20. 20
    Harmonic snack 6: major scale with moving parts

    Descends through the diatonic chords of C major, moving the third-string note before the other three.

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