Connor Jones
A 31-part video series in which Connor Jones teaches harmony, rhythm and chord movement for jazz improvisation through Barry Harris’s teaching, from the musical world and the family of four dominants to the 6th diminished scale. The channel also has scale outlines of standards and long jazz talks and rants.
61 videos in order. The coloured numbers are the ideas of Barry’s method each one covers.A second opinion, not Barry
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Cherokee scale outline
A scale outline of Cherokee.
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How High the Moon scale outline
A scale outline of How High the Moon.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Satin Doll
Goes from a scale outline of Satin Doll to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Perdido
Goes from a scale outline of Perdido to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Indiana
Goes from a scale outline of Indiana to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Star Eyes
Goes from a scale outline of Star Eyes to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: I’ll Remember April
Goes from a scale outline of I’ll Remember April to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Fine and Dandy
Goes from a scale outline of Fine and Dandy to improvising on the tune.
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Chords versus scales on a ii-V-I
Chords versus scales as the way to play over a ii-V-I.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Lady Be Good
Goes from a scale outline of Lady Be Good to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Just One of Those Things
Goes from a scale outline of Just One of Those Things to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
Goes from a scale outline of All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Lover, Come Back to Me
Goes from a scale outline of Lover, Come Back to Me to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Tea for Two
Goes from a scale outline of Tea for Two to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Honeysuckle Rose
Goes from a scale outline of Honeysuckle Rose to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Just You, Just Me
Goes from a scale outline of Just You, Just Me to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: All the Things You Are
Goes from a scale outline of All the Things You Are to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Cherokee
Goes from a scale outline of Cherokee to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: Sweet Georgia Brown
Goes from a scale outline of Sweet Georgia Brown to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: How High the Moon
Goes from a scale outline of How High the Moon to improvising on the tune.
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Scale outline to improvisation: rhythm changes
Goes from a scale outline of rhythm changes to improvising on the form.
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Scale outline to improvisation: the blues
Goes from a scale outline of the blues to improvising on the form.
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June 3rd jazz
An hour-long video titled June 3rd Jazz.
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Afternoon jazz
A video of just over an hour titled Afternoon Jazz.
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Jazz talk (volume 4?)
A two-hour jazz talk, marked by the uploader as possibly volume 4.
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Quarantine jazz
A 46-minute video titled Quarantine Jazz.
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Jazz talks
A jazz talk of about an hour and three-quarters.
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Jazz rant
An hour-long rant about jazz.
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Episode 1: introduction to the series
Introduces a series on harmony, rhythm and chord movement for improvising, built on Barry Harris’s teaching.
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Episode 2: our musical world
How the chromatic scale, the whole-tone scale, diminished 7th chords and dominant 7th chords come into existence.
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Episode 3: the family of four dominant 7th chords
What the diminished scale really is, and using the four-dominants idea in chord voicings.
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Episode 4: our musical world, part 2
How half-diminished, minor 7th, dominant 7th and 7♭5 chords come from moving notes of a diminished 7th chord.
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Episode 5: why major and dominant scales matter
Why improvisers use scales rather than chords, and how to build and play a dominant 7th scale.
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Episode 6: why scales matter on a major ii-V-I
Why chords come from scales, and a quick trick, using the dominant 7th scale, that makes major ii-V-Is less daunting.
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Episode 7: scale outline of the blues
Using the dominant 7th scale to play and sing a basic scale outline of a 12-bar blues.
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Episode 8: the basics of the dominant 7th scale
Thirds, triads, 7th chords and arpeggios from the dominant 7th scale as fuel for improvising; also Mozart’s cadenza.
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Episode 9: extra-note rules and combinations
Extra-note rules for chord tones and non-chord tones, combined with other small things to build phrases.
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Episode 10: extra-note rules on major, and combinations
Testing extra-note rules with thirds, triads and chromatic sets on dominant 7th and major scales.
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Episode 11: pivoting
What pivoting is and why it helps keep phrases within your range.
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Episode 12: the importance of rhythm in jazz education
On the importance of rhythm in jazz education.
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Episode 13: a rhythmic drill
A Barry Harris rhythmic exercise for practising starting phrases on every part of the beat.
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Episode 14: 5-4-3-2
Small scale permutations: the five, five-four, five-four-three and full 5-4-3-2 phrases, and how to apply them.
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Episode 15: Charles McPherson rhythmic exercise; why triplets matter
A Charles McPherson rhythmic exercise and the importance of triplets.
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Episode 16: the two diminished chords above and below the ii
Why to know the diminished 7th chords a half step above and below the ii chord in the tunes you play.
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Episode 17: example of an improvised blues chorus
Puts the series’ harmonic and rhythmic ideas together in a chorus over a 12-bar blues in B♭.
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Episode 18: scale outline of B♭ rhythm changes
A basic scale outline to practise as a foundation for rhythm changes in B♭.
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Episode 19: example phrases over B♭ rhythm changes
Example phrases over rhythm changes in B♭.
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Episode 20: why scales matter on a minor ii-V-i
Why the dominant 7th scale is key to outlining a minor ii-V-i, using the family of four dominants.
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Episode 21: the first two moves
Barry Harris’s first two moves, a first step to movement in comping, and how common chords are 6th chords at core.
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Episode 22: the 6th diminished scale
The 6th diminished scale and how it lets chords move rather than stand still as vertical shapes.
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Episode 23: harmonising a melody with the 6th diminished scale
Harmonising a melody with the 6th diminished scale, using There Will Never Be Another You.
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Episode 24: why tritones work on a major ii-V-I
Why tritone relationships work over a major ii-V-I, restating the family of four dominants.
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Episode 25: why tritones work on a minor ii-V-i
Why tritone relationships work over a minor ii-V-i.
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Episode 26: the 6th diminished scale, basic ideas
Easy ways to practise the 6th diminished scale for comping, including filling and drop 2 shapes.
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Episode 27: the 6th diminished scale and the ii-V-I
Ways to move chords over the ii of a ii-V-I with the 6th diminished scale, including borrowing diminished notes.
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Episode 28: the 6th diminished scale over dominant 7th chords
Using the 6th diminished scale built on the 5th degree to make movements over dominant 7th chords.
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Episode 29: chord movements back to the I chord
Chord movements for getting back to the I chord.
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Episode 30: major, minor, half-diminished
A common, misunderstood movement: major to minor to minor with the 6th in the bass (half-diminished).
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Episode 31: borrowing dominant 7th roots
Voicings that borrow up to three roots of the dominant 7th chords that come from one diminished 7th chord.
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Jazz rant, volume 2
Volume 2 of a long rant about jazz.
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Jazz rants vol. 3
Volume 3 of Jazz Rants; the title is all the data gives, so the topic is not known.
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