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Chris Juergensen

Guitar lessons by Chris Juergensen that apply Barry Harris’ ideas to the guitar: a multi-part Chromatic Scale Workout series, short Harmonic Snacks mostly on 6 diminished harmony, and standalone lessons on the 6 and minor 6 diminished scales, including over a blues and a funk groove.

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.

    16 minno transcript yetYouTube

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    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.

    13 minno transcript yetYouTube

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    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.

    11 minno transcript yetYouTube

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    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.

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    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.

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    Chromatic scale workout part 2: ascending patterns over a blues

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Chromatic scale workout part 16: more sequences

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

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    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).

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    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.

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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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