Pete Martin

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

1. 1
   Series information: the Barry Harris method on mandolin

   More information on the series teaching Barry Harris’s improvisation method on mandolin, also for fiddle and violin.

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   Short dominant phrase 1

   An improvising phrase for a dominant chord, using ideas from Barry Harris.

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   Lesson 71: improvising ideas for Airegin (B)

   Nine examples of improvising ideas for Sonny Rollins’s tune Airegin, with a PDF to download.

   13.3

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   Bird’s Groovin’ High, part 1

   A short piece of Charlie Parker’s playing on Groovin’ High, with a link to the recording of his solo.

   14.3

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   Lesson 1: the dominant scale

   The C dominant scale and C7 chord played rhythmically, in thirds and triads, with chromatic lead-ins, up and down.

   4.23.16.6

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   Short 1: a C7 to F lick

   A favourite lick going from C7 to F.

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   Lesson 2: the major scale

   The major scale with basic exercises, the scale in thirds, triad patterns and chord sequences.

   3.1

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   Lesson 3: the blues

   The blues progression measure by measure, keys and positions, and a slow scale-outline demonstration.

   13.14.4

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   Lesson 4: rhythm changes

   Scale outlines for rhythm changes in C, played fast and slow, with a PDF.

   13.24.4

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    Lesson 5: half-step rules on the dominant scale

    Barry’s four rules for adding extra half steps to the dominant scale, then applying them in phrases.

    5.35.1

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    Lesson 6: 5-4-3-2 phrases on the dominant

    Bebop 5-4-3-2 phrases on the dominant scale, with examples and ways to practise and apply them.

    6.8

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    Lesson 7: pivoting

    What pivoting is, how to apply it, and pivoting with chords.

    6.7

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    Lesson 8: the rhythm changes bridge

    The bridge of rhythm changes: how its chords move, building melodic phrases and modifying lines.

    13.27.2

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    Lesson 9: half-step rules on the major scale

    Barry’s four half-step rules for the major scale, with examples.

    5.25.1

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    Lesson 10: 5-4-3-2 phrases on major

    Examples of 5-4-3-2 phrases on major.

    6.8

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    Lesson 11: Barry’s chromatic scale

    Examples using Barry’s chromatic scale and how to make it.

    6.10

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    Lesson 12: the diminished chord and its four related dominants

    What Barry calls the four related dominants and how to use them, starting from F diminished (F G# B D) and E7.

    8.38.4

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    Lesson 13: the tritone

    Defines the tritone and gives four examples of improvising lines with tritone substitution.

    8.5

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    Lesson 14: Tune Up

    Analyses the chords of Tune Up and builds lines for soloing over its key changes.

    13.37.3

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    Lesson 15: the melodic minor scale

    How to practise C melodic minor: the Cm6/CmMaj7 outline, thirds, triads and chords with chromatic lead-ins.

    4.33.16.6

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    Lesson 16: half-step rules on the melodic minor

    Barry’s extra half-step rules on the descending melodic minor scale, including three added half steps and none.

    5.54.3

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    Lesson 17: 5-4-3-2 phrases on the melodic minor

    Learning Barry’s 5-4-3-2 phrases on the melodic minor scale.

    6.84.3

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    Lesson 18: the minor sixth diminished scale

    Learning and practising the minor sixth diminished scale for use against tonic minor chords.

    9.54.3

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    Lesson 19: the half-diminished chord

    What to improvise over a half-diminished (minor seven flat five) chord.

    8.29.1

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    Lesson 20: lines over a minor II-V-I

    Constructing lines over a minor II-V-I with chord-scale outlines and melodic phrases.

    4.47.37.2

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    Lesson 21: Autumn Leaves

    Chord-scale outlines and improvising ideas for Autumn Leaves, including its minor II-V-I.

    13.34.4

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    Lesson 22: Lady Be Good

    Improvising suggestions for Lady Be Good section by section, using ideas from the Barry Harris method.

    13.3

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    Lesson 23: chord up, scale down on major

    Examples of Barry’s ‘chord up, scale down’ lines on a major chord.

    6.3

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    Lesson 24: chord up, scale down on the dominant

    Examples of Barry’s ‘chord up, scale down’ lines on a dominant chord.

    6.3

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    Lesson 25: chord up, scale down on minor

    Examples of Barry’s ‘chord up, scale down’ lines on a minor chord.

    6.3

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    Lesson 26: the diminished scale

    The diminished scale and its related dominants A7, C7, Eb7 and Gb7 (F#7), with many examples.

    8.68.3

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    Lesson 27: diminished arpeggios

    How to use diminished arpeggios, with examples.

    6.2

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    Lesson 28: the major sixth diminished chord scale

    Teaches the major sixth diminished chord scale, in five examples.

    9.39.4

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    Lesson 29: the minor sixth diminished chord scale

    Teaches the minor sixth diminished chord scale, in five examples.

    9.59.4

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    Lesson 30: where to use the 6dim chord scale

    Where to use the major sixth diminished chord scale.

    9.39.4

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    Lesson 31: chords for a dominant seventh

    Using the minor sixth diminished scale for a dominant seventh chord.

    9.79.5

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    Lesson 32: chords for a major II-V-I

    Which sixth diminished chord scales to play over a major II-V-I.

    10.39.19.4

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    Lesson 33: sixth on the fifth

    A chording idea Barry calls ‘sixth on the fifth’, in five examples.

    9.2

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    Lesson 34: the tritone’s minor

    Barry’s ‘tritones minor’ for dominant chords: the important minor on the fifth and a minor a fifth above the tritone.

    9.7

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    Lesson 35: related dominant seventh chords

    Ideas for using related dominant seventh chords, including the four related dominants and altered dominants.

    8.310.6

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    Lesson 36: chords for a minor II-V-I

    Barry’s ideas on which chords to play over a minor II-V-I, in nine examples.

    9.59.6

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    Lesson 37: other 6dim voicings

    Teaches more voicings for the sixth diminished chord scale.

    9.49.3

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    Lesson 38: borrowing

    A chording idea Barry calls ‘borrowing’, with a PDF on the website.

    10.4

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    Lesson 39: chords for Tune Up

    How to play chords for Miles Davis’s Tune Up using the Barry Harris system.

    13.3

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    Lesson 40: Right or Wrong chord melody

    A chord melody for the western swing song Right or Wrong, played fast and slow.

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    Lesson 41: solo ideas for Right or Wrong

    Solo ideas for Right or Wrong: chord/scale outlines, then a solo played fast, slow and broken down.

    4.4

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    Lesson 42: comping ideas for Right or Wrong

    Bebop-style chording for Right or Wrong using Barry’s ideas for dominant seventh chords.

    11.6

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    Lesson 43: a b7 phrase

    A common jazz phrase to work into your improvising, in six examples.

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    Lesson 45: eighth-note triplets

    Barry’s ideas for eighth-note triplets, in eight examples.

    6.9

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    Lesson 46: sixteenth-note triplets

    Barry’s sixteenth-note triplet ideas, in ten examples.

    6.9

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    Lesson 47: phrases from Wynton Kelly and Red Garland

    Favourite phrases from Wynton Kelly and Red Garland, showing how close they are to Barry Harris’s ideas.

    14.3

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    Lesson 48: tonic minor

    Things Barry taught to play against a tonic minor chord, in twelve examples.

    4.3

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    Lesson 49: the dominant seventh diminished chord scale

    Teaches Barry’s dominant seventh diminished chord scale, in seven examples.

    9.8

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    Lesson 50: the dominant seventh flat five diminished chord scale

    Teaches the dominant seventh flat five diminished chord scale, in six examples.

    9.8

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    Lesson 51: Barry’s musical world, part 1

    Barry’s way of looking at the musical world and where various musical sounds came from.

    2.12.32.2

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    Lesson 52: Barry’s musical world, part 2

    More on how Barry Harris thought about the musical universe.

    2.12.32.2

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    Lesson 53: first chord movements

    The first two chord movements Barry Harris teaches, in ten examples.

    10.210.1

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    Lesson 54: chord-scale outlines

    How Barry Harris-style chord outlines can help your improvising, in ten examples.

    4.4

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    Lesson 55: Perdido

    Improvising ideas for Perdido, in thirteen examples.

    13.3

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    Lesson 56: more extra half steps on major

    Other ideas for extra half steps on major chords: a review, playing rhythmically, then seven examples.

    5.55.2

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    Episode 57: what to learn first

    Pete Martin explains what to learn first in the Barry Harris system for jazz, on mandolin.

    14.1

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    Episode 58: how to create new ideas

    Six examples of creating new ideas for jazz improvisation with the Barry Harris method, on mandolin.

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    Episode 59: how to practise improvising for new ideas

    How to practise ideas from the Barry Harris series so they get into your improvising, on mandolin.

    14.1

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    Episode 60: the important arpeggios on a dominant seventh

    Eight examples using Barry’s ‘important arpeggios’ for improvising on dominant seventh chords, on mandolin.

    6.1

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    Episode 61: solo ideas for Groovin’ High

    Nine example solo ideas for Groovin’ High, on mandolin.

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    Episode 62: more lines from the four related dominants

    Seven more improvising lines built on Barry’s idea of the four related dominants, on mandolin.

    8.48.3

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    Episode 63: the surround technique

    Nine examples of surround, a very common technique of jazz improvisers, then some suggestions, on mandolin.

    6.5

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    Episode 64: surround lines from Barry Harris and Clifford Brown

    Twelve example surround lines from Barry Harris and Clifford Brown, on mandolin.

    6.5

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    Episode 65: the miscellaneous rule

    Barry’s ‘miscellaneous rule’ for jazz improvisation, shown in four examples on mandolin.

    5.45.5

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    Episode 66: soloing ideas for Lady Bird

    Nine ideas for soloing on Lady Bird with the Barry Harris method, on mandolin.

    13.3

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    Episode 67: the extended five phrase

    Five examples that take Barry’s five phrase and extend it into longer lines, on mandolin.

    6.8

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    Episode 68: the extended four

    Six examples of what Pete Martin calls the ‘extended 4’, on mandolin.

    6.8

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    Episode 69: Airegin, lines for the first eight bars

    Seven lines for the first eight bars of Sonny Rollins’s tune Airegin, on mandolin.

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    Episode 72: chord melody for Fly Me to the Moon

    Chord melody for Fly Me to the Moon, played fast and then taught in nine examples, on mandolin.

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    Episode 73: a dominant seventh circle of fifths line

    A bebop line on dominant sevenths around the circle of fifths, using Barry Harris ideas, on mandolin.

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    Episode 74: Blues with the horns, a solo from Barry’s class

    A solo taught in a Barry Harris class, with three important dominant arpeggios, a Bb augmented arpeggio and blues outlines.

    13.16.16.24.4

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    Episode 75: double the diminished

    Eight examples of the phrases Barry called ‘double the diminished’, on mandolin.

    8.6

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    Episode 76: Ab major, part 1

    Twelve examples in Ab major, a way to learn a new key or get more comfortable in one, on mandolin.

    14.2

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    Episode 77: Ab major, part 2

    Nine more Ab major examples, continuing episode 76’s way to learn a new key or get comfortable in one.

    14.2

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