Starting from Barry Harris: Exploring the Diminished; Barry Harris Scales of Chords we will explore his system. While David Baker focuses on the Bebop Scale, Barry Harris offers a distinct, legendary harmonic approach that is essential to the bebop sound.

• Key Concepts discussed:

◦ The "Genealogy" of Chords: Harris's metaphor of the Chromatic scale as "God," the Whole Tone scales as "Man and Woman," and the Diminished chords as their "babies".

◦ The 6th Diminished Scale: Harris's view that chords come from scales, specifically the Major 6th Diminished and Minor 6th Diminished scales.

◦ Borrowed Notes: How to create movement ("motion") within a chord by borrowing notes from the related diminished chord,.

◦ The "Family" of Dominants: How four dominant 7th chords are derived from a single diminished chord.

Key Concepts:

◦ The "Bebop Lick": Defining the specific melodic phrase (often 1-flat7-natural 7-1) prevalent in the era.

◦ Enclosure: The technique of surrounding a target note with chromatic neighbors.

◦ The "3 to b9" Device: A specific harmonic generalization technique used over dominant chords.◦ CESH: Explain "Contrapuntal Elaboration of Static Harmony," a method of moving a single voice within a static chord (e.g., Root to Major 7 to b7 to 6).

What are the characteristics of Bebop? How to make a frase sound bebop?

A list of steps to be able to master a jazz standard.

What do these words signify in this context?

Melody

Changes

Summary

Alternative voice leading

Sing/feel

Let`s discover it together

In this episode we are analysing BErt Ligon`s book "Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony.

We are trying to find ways to solo and think like the masters.

Topics:

linear motion

voice leading

target notes

harmonic specificity

harmonic generalization

motivic development

superimposing harmony

patterns for ii V I

octave displacement

the "Round Midnight" outline

CESH

chromatic approaches and encirclements

borrowed tones

We will dive into Hal Galper`s book "Forward Motion"

Topics covered:

rhythmic adjustments

active/inactive elements

inner guide tone melody

harmonic forward motion

Techniques for Learning and Utilizing Bebop Tunes

Topics covered:Contrafact

Tools to improviseSilent practice

Transcribing

Interchanging

Patterns, Formulae and Other Linking Materials

Topics covered:

Chord Progressions ii-V-I and iii-vi-ii-V

Cycles, Turnbacks

Enclosures, Deflection