The 6th/Diminished scale

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

This is a concept I had never run across in years of reading about jazz improvisation. Interesting how adding one chromatic note changes a vanilla major scale.

http://www.jazzand.com/Rick_Stone/Articles/JJG-2000%20May-Chordal%20Movement%20and%20the%206th%20Dim%20Scale.pdf

Mike Neer · From: NJ

If you want to learn more about Barry Harris's approach, one of his students, Roni Ben-Hur, wrote a very good book on this stuff. It's called Talk Jazz. I can attest that it is a very good book.

http://www.ronibenhur.com/books.html
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David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

The book "Thinking in Jazz" by Paul Berliner also goes into the exercises that Harris used in some depth. They're not specifically written-music examples, it's more the concepts. If you teach, this kind of information is invaluable in trying to match directions to each student.

Don Drummer · From: West Virginia, USA

Andy, thanks for the post. I came up with some of those "grips" while trying to chord solo "You Don't Know What Love Is". It's great to know now what I'm doing. Don D

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