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Mike Hayes Guitar

Jazz guitar lessons from the Mike Hayes Guitar channel. Mike Hayes, an Australian session guitarist and teacher, adapts Barry Harris’s harmony and line concepts to the guitar and often applies them to jazz standards.

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

  1. 1
    Barry Harris chord movement on guitar

    Introduces Barry Harris chord movement on guitar, creating dominant variations and applying them in musical examples.

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    Dominant seventh chord movement into major and minor

    Resolves G7 to C and E7 to A, major and minor, using the major and minor diminished scales of each key.

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    Dominant seventh chord movement with diminished chords

    Dominant seventh chord movement: diminished chord movements, resolving to minor chords, C7 movements and F# practice.

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    Chord movement on Blue Moon

    Applies Barry Harris chord movement to Blue Moon: a performance, then analysis of bars 13 to 28 and the movement.

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    Diminished scales, harmonic links and modulation

    Analyses diminished scales, harmonic links and key modulations, then adds melodic movement and dominant applications.

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    Workshop: borrowed notes and sixth chords on other degrees

    The borrowed note, then the minor 6th on the 5th, major and minor 6th on the 7th, and minor 6th on the flat 2.

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    Workshop: chords and movement on Summertime

    Applies basic Barry Harris chords, chord movement, substitutions and voice leading to the standard Summertime.

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    Pro-level chord melodies

    Uses Barry Harris techniques to stylise a chord melody arrangement, then introduces a new concept.

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    Walking chords on I Got Rhythm

    Harmonises the scale and moves three-note voicings as walking chords, applied to I Got Rhythm with G7, C7 and F7.

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    Part 1, for newcomers: from the scale to chord voicings

    From the scale to thirds, triads, spread triads, shells, octave chords, drop 2 voicings, inversions and walking.

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    Part 2: the borrowed notes concept

    Borrowed notes on C6 inversions with oblique motion, applied to 2-5-1 cycles, minor 6th chords and the blues.

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    Diatonic chord progressions

    Diatonic chords round the circle of fifths as four- and three-note voicings, connected by melody, in F major.

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    Bebop lines from scales and arpeggios, step by step

    Bebop lines from scales and arpeggios over a progression, with a diminished substitution and strong guide tones.

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    Essential arpeggios for a classic jazz sound

    Arpeggios with chromatic approach notes and rhythms, practised through the scale, over progressions and as substitutes.

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    Bebop line concepts: an introduction

    Introduces scales and the problem with bebop lines, then adds chromatic tones and applies chords to the scale.

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    Dominant seventh scale rules

    The dominant bebop scale, arpeggio phrasing and harmonising G Mixolydian, then Barry Harris’s rules applied to lines.

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    Bebop lines made easy

    Analyses bebop lines section by section through an AABA tune, including arpeggios and the B section’s key changes.

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    The family of dominants

    The family of dominants in the key of C, superimposed over a progression, with scales and lines built from it.

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    The family of dominants over a 2-5-1

    Applies the family of dominants to a 2-5-1 with pivoting, E Mixolydian, diminished arpeggios and minor 6th substitutes.

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    The minor 2-5, step by step

    Breaks down the minor 2-5-1 with pivoting and the half-step rules, then compares major and minor.

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    Blues lines starting on the root, third, fifth and seventh

    Bebop lines on a blues progression, transposed, with lines starting on the root, third, fifth and seventh.

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    The C6 scale and the borrowed note principle

    Introduces the C6 scale and uses it musically, then applies the borrowed note principle to create new harmonies.

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    Daily harmony practice

    A daily routine: root and fifth, minor and relative major, diminished and seventh, sus and extended dominant chords.

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    Ear training: C7 chord colours resolving to F

    Ear training: C7, C7 altered, sus4, sus4 flat 9, C9 and C7 flat 5 resolving to F chords, including F6, Fmaj9 and Fm6.

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    Three moves: common-tone diminished, sixth on the fifth and fourth

    Inversions, the common-tone diminished, and the sixth on the fifth and fourth, used in progressions and endings.

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    The sixth diminished scale on a jazz standard

    Applies the sixth diminished scale to a jazz standard: a demo, then bars 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 and 13 to the end.

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    The long-short concept for guitar

    Long and short voicings, with a descending thirds exercise and moving voices, adapted to the guitar.

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    Daily practice routine from Bb6

    From Bb6: common-note diminished, sixth on the fifth, altered, dominant 7th scales, sus4, sus b9, ninths, 7b5 dim scale.

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    The 2-5-1 with the important minor

    Applies the important minor to a 2-5-1, resolving minor to major, with movement on the dominant and tonic chords.

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    Misty with dominant seventh chord movement

    Applies Barry Harris dominant seventh chord movements and voice leading to the ballad Misty.

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    Chord concepts on every chord of C major

    Analyses Cmaj7 and practises the major 6th scale, then applies it to each diatonic chord from Dm7 to Bm7b5.

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    Chord concepts on Autumn Leaves

    Reharmonises Autumn Leaves with Barry Harris chord movement, dominant changes, diminished chords and borrowed notes.

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    Chord concepts on All the Things You Are

    Applies Barry Harris harmony, voice leading and chord movement to All the Things You Are, section by section.

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    Chord concepts on Stella by Starlight

    Applies Barry Harris chord concepts to Stella by Starlight, including the one diminished chord and the relative minor 6.

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    Chord concepts on Body and Soul

    Applies Barry Harris chord concepts, including sixth diminished scales, to Body and Soul, with a look at the B section.

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    Walking chords on Autumn Leaves

    Walking chords on Autumn Leaves: choosing a voicing, creating movement, transposing shapes and playing in tenths.

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    Richer 2-5-1 voicings and movement in C

    Uses Barry Harris voicings, movement and voice leading to enrich a 2-5-1 in the key of C.

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    Fixing the 2-5-1 with sus4 and sus4 flat 9 dominants

    Improves the 2-5-1 by using dominant seventh sus4 and sus4 flat 9 chords.

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    Chord movement with scale chords

    Introduces scale chords, choosing chord notes, stylising with movement, triads and chromaticism.

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    Chords on There Will Never Be Another You

    Applies Barry Harris chord movement, drop 2 voicings and passing chords to There Will Never Be Another You.

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    Chord concepts on Satin Doll

    Satin Doll with the minor concept, relative major 6th, dominant substitutes, endings and a lighter diminished voicing.

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    My Funny Valentine: guide-tone lines and arrangement

    Arranges My Funny Valentine section by section with chromatic guide-tone lines and Barry Harris harmony.

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    Daily practice routine: sixth-chord overlays

    Pairs a major 6th with sixth chords on other degrees to get maj9, 6/9sus, m7, m7b5, sus, ninth and altered sounds.

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  44. 44
    My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis version)

    Arranges the Miles Davis version of My Funny Valentine section by section with Barry Harris chord movement.

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    A 2-5-1 practice routine with sixth-diminished harmony

    A 2-5-1 routine in F using the sixth-diminished concept, with sus, sus flat 9 and altered dominants.

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  46. 46
    My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker version)

    Compares Chet Baker’s chords for My Funny Valentine with a Barry Harris-style reharmonisation and voice leading.

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    Blues changes on Stormy Monday

    Stormy Monday through Barry Harris harmony: borrowed notes on augmented chords, the bass register and partial chords.

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    On Green Dolphin Street: borrowed notes and backdoor dominants

    On Green Dolphin Street: borrowed notes in the A section, and a backdoor dominant and backdoor 2-5 in the B section.

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    Backdoor dominants and backdoor 2-5s

    Finds the backdoor dominant in Misty, Just Friends and There Will Never Be Another You, then voices backdoor 2-5s.

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    The 2-5-1 with the family of dominants

    Shows how G7, Bb7, Db7 and E7 are related and replace each other in a 2-5-1, then adds the minor sixth on the fifth.

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    The 1-6-2-5 progression, step by step

    The basic 1-6-2-5 and nine variations, with substitutes such as Eb7 for A7 and Db7 for G7, in major and minor.

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  52. 52
    Turnarounds through all 12 keys with diminished chords

    Uses diminished chords and gateway chords to run a turnaround through all 12 keys.

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  53. 53
    Introductions from the diminished seventh chord

    Raises and lowers notes of a diminished seventh chord to build chromatic movement for jazz introductions.

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  54. 54
    Every chord from one diminished shape

    Raises or lowers notes of one diminished seventh shape to get minor 6th, dominant 7th and 7b5 chords, used on the blues.

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    Major 6th chords from the diminished seventh

    Lowers two neighbouring notes of a diminished seventh to make major 6th chords, and shows why it suits the 12-bar blues.

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    The dominant 7b5 from the diminished seventh

    Moves notes of the diminished seventh to get the dominant 7b5, the fourth chord in the system, for comping and blues.

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    Connecting major 6th chords from one diminished

    From B diminished 7th to twelve major 6th chords by dominant resolution, chromatic voice leading and minor 2-5 pivots.

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  58. 58
    Triads in contrary motion as moving chord lines

    Turns simple triads into moving chord lines with contrary motion, a foundation for Barry Harris voice leading.

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    The chord universe: the dominant family and sixth diminished scales

    Links the family of dominants with major and minor sixth diminished scales, ending with backdoor cadences.

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    Building jazz lines instead of running scales

    Builds lines from a C6 to G7 approach over a 1-6-2-5, extends them into longer lines and plays them over an AABA form.

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    The sixth diminished system explained

    Explains how the sixth diminished system connects chords, with chord classifications and a chord melody application.

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    Making static chords move on a ii-V

    Turns static ii-V chords into movement with major and minor sixth scales of chords, borrowed notes and comping ideas.

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    Diminished movement through ii-V-I voicings

    Builds ii-V-I voicings from sixth scales of chords, borrowed notes, tritone and family subs, applied to Autumn Leaves.

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    Moving chords on the Autumn Leaves bridge

    Reharmonises the bridge of Autumn Leaves bar by bar, turning static chords into movement with borrowed notes.

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    Chord melody in three steps on Embraceable You (part 1)

    A three-step chord melody approach (parent scale, matching melody to chords), applied to the opening of Embraceable You.

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    Chord melody on Embraceable You (part 2): the B and C sections

    Completes the Embraceable You chord melody, harmonising the B and C sections with sixth scales of chords.

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    Five pillars of chordal movement beyond the shapes

    Five pillars of the movement: borrowed notes, a three-bucket system, the dominant family, movement and voice leading.

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    Diminished chords as neighbour and embellishing chords

    Common-tone diminished chords, walking chords and Barry’s flat-three diminished, on a 1-6-2-5 and a jazz standard.

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    Five ways through the minor ii-V-I

    Five minor ii-V-I ideas, from replacing the m7b5 with a minor sixth to voice leading, on What Is This Thing Called Love.

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    Why Real Book chords sound vanilla, and how movement fixes them

    Treats stock Tune-Dex changes as a starting point, adding scales of chords, the family of four and the important minor.

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    Sixth-chord substitution on Blue Moon

    Compares fake book and reharmonised Blue Moon, using the important minor and the major sixth on the fifth.

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    Borrowed notes: bringing one C6 shape to life

    Adds borrowed-note movement to one C6 shape through the C, Eb and Gb sixth diminished scales of chords.

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    Adding movement to the ii-V-I without changing the harmony

    ii-V-I versions using relative and fifth-degree sixth chords, the important minor, borrowed notes and diminished chords.

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    Moving accompaniment on Ain’t Misbehavin’

    A duet-style accompaniment for Ain’t Misbehavin’ using sixth scales of chords, borrowed notes and the family of four.

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    Four-part harmony with drop 2 sixth diminished chords

    Drop 2 voicings of the C6 and F6 scales of chords with borrowed alto notes, applied to ii-V-Is in four related keys.

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    Drop 2 chords on the middle strings for the blues

    Middle-string drop 2 sixth diminished voicings applied to a C blues, Woodchopper’s Ball and C Jam Blues.

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    A ii-V-I substitution workout with modern sounds

    Substitutions for each chord of a ii-V-I, including the F/G sus sound and Fm6 for Dm7b5, on Autumn Leaves and Wave.

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    Using the system in a song: Am I Blue, first eight bars

    Arranges the first eight bars of Am I Blue with sixth diminished harmony, borrowed notes and related dominants.

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    Applying the system to Makin’ Whoopee: movement between phrases

    Fills the gaps between Makin’ Whoopee phrases with approach chords, borrowed notes and common-tone diminished chords.

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    Making chords flow on Body and Soul with guide tones

    Voice leading and a descending guide-tone line on Body and Soul, contrasting ensemble and solo guitar choices.

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    From diatonic chords to seven scales of chords in G

    Maps each diatonic seventh chord in G to a sixth or seventh scale of chords, then adds borrowed notes on a ii-V-I.

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    Practising the system in songs, starting from a 1-6-2-5

    Practises the system in songs: a 1-6-2-5, lines over it, minor-third modulation and three ii-V-I colours.

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