Whole tone moves - Barry Harris style

The whole tone movements add a beautiful dimension to our dominant chords. In this lesson, we'll see what they are, how to learn them, what we can do with them and practical applications on chord progressions and tunes.
▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Introduction
0:36 What is the whole tone scale?
4:09 Dominant relationships
5:59 Stevie example
6:53 Tips on learning the whole tone scales
7:59 Practice on progressions
9:21 Application tips
10:11 Fly me to the moon
10:45 My one and only love
12:57 Whole tone tritone voicings
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  • @JazzSkills
    @JazzSkills2 жыл бұрын

    Here's the video I mention where I teach tritones: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ha6HqpNunKjPk5s.html&ab_channel=JazzSkills

  • @joeycraft_00

    @joeycraft_00

    2 жыл бұрын

    WOW! enjoyed this video so much 👌🏽🙏🏽 If you ever get the time and you please break down the cords in this video : kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXmIp7Scaa2-mqw.html

  • @dananthony6258
    @dananthony625824 күн бұрын

    I think this is my favorite music channel now and I'm a guitar player. I just realized that because I'm back again and always learn something interesting. Sometimes it take a little sink in the half of a brain cell I have left but it does somehow.

  • @ashish_ramnani
    @ashish_ramnani Жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE THE BEST JAZZ TEACHER ON KZread! Hands down!

  • @airmanchairman
    @airmanchairman2 жыл бұрын

    I definitely heard Stevie Wonder’s “Sunshine Of My Life” intro the first time you played the whole tone triads in ascending direction… what a buzz I got when you dropped that anecdotal nugget‼️

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    I put that in just for you! :)

  • @hermandavid1757
    @hermandavid17572 жыл бұрын

    I’m so glad that you and several others are keeping Barry Harris’s teachings alive I never had the honor of meeting him l…you are keeping his legacy alive

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Herman and keep playing :)

  • @_sonicfive
    @_sonicfive2 жыл бұрын

    I just can't believe this is free content

  • @winstonwolfe5733
    @winstonwolfe5733 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot! Had been wondering if Stevie was using an altered or whole tone scale.. Now I have my answer ;)

  • @williammaestre9318
    @williammaestre93183 ай бұрын

    Fantastic JazzSkills... thank you very much

  • @jackbussy3133
    @jackbussy31332 жыл бұрын

    As always… so clear. Your videos are enough to keep me busy but I will definitely register in your course when I retire and have more time to practice !! In 6 to 9 months 👍

  • @Pompikovia
    @Pompikovia6 ай бұрын

    OH..really just the 2 of them :D how could I have not see that ----.Barry was a king...he wanted to simplify things for people...what a teacher

  • @olind567
    @olind5672 жыл бұрын

    Bravo Barry ! Very useful

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @liamobyrne2
    @liamobyrne22 жыл бұрын

    Superb content as ever. Demystifying jazz piano like no one else on KZread.

  • @abh7449
    @abh74492 жыл бұрын

    SWEET, as always. Thanks. Shan.

  • @ianrichards5742
    @ianrichards57429 ай бұрын

    Very informative trying to understand these concepts,I need to look on your course more tk u be bless in Jesus name 🔥

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @jorgeparr3002
    @jorgeparr3002 Жыл бұрын

    Shawn: YOU ARE THE GREATEST 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏🎼🎼🎹🎹🎹👏👏👏

  • @infn8loopmusic
    @infn8loopmusic2 жыл бұрын

    OMG! Thank you so much for making this video! I can already tell that this is a total game changer. It's so easy for me to visualize these and knowing there are only truly two. Wow. Never thought of it that way. It's a life hack for sure

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! The whole tone moves are great to have in your tool-bag.

  • @marcsmith3739
    @marcsmith3739 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @nukiolbartes6279
    @nukiolbartes6279 Жыл бұрын

    Please do in-depth lesson on My One & Only Love :)

  • @Iduininane
    @Iduininane2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Never heard of this! Something new for me. And yes, I have subscribed!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Welcome aboard!

  • @mirkocaserta
    @mirkocaserta2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant as usual, thank you! :)

  • @JasonArcherKnepper
    @JasonArcherKnepper Жыл бұрын

    That lower shelf of books over your left shoulder is making me nervous. Thanks for the lesson. Good stuff.

  • @michael-solomon
    @michael-solomon2 жыл бұрын

    I like your style of playing chords as a melody/solo. I'm trying to work on that; but you have it down cold. Nice job!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    When I was studying with Barry, I would watch him doing it and my mind is still blown :)

  • @mariapalacios2195
    @mariapalacios21952 жыл бұрын

    Very good teacher.!!!!!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gracias Maria

  • @MrFedemoral
    @MrFedemoral2 жыл бұрын

    Nice one!

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    @ivancavell55242 жыл бұрын

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    @petermarinko86092 жыл бұрын

    Nice tone of voice. Chill. Subscribed.

  • @MysticOblong
    @MysticOblong2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this incredibly helpful video. I'm a guitarist and these concepts are instantly applicable thanks to the clear explanation here.

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great that you got some value from this!

  • @Winelighter
    @Winelighter11 ай бұрын

    love your style.

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    @alecaird29662 жыл бұрын

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  • @cfloyd199
    @cfloyd199 Жыл бұрын

    your an amazing teacher!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, thank you!

  • @TheGrover1968
    @TheGrover19684 ай бұрын

    Good stuff

  • @marcopepe4046
    @marcopepe40462 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson. The sound you get is superb. Many thanks

  • @MarshallCharloff
    @MarshallCharloff2 жыл бұрын

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    @likejazzy Жыл бұрын

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  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! I've checked out some of yours. Nice playing :)

  • @jamieforjazz
    @jamieforjazz2 жыл бұрын

    Love this, Shan!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jamie - I'm honoured to have such a comment from an expert. Thank you my friend!

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    @ernstlieber43402 жыл бұрын

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    @sakismousdrakas96942 жыл бұрын

    great job...

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @Jack-fs2im
    @Jack-fs2im2 жыл бұрын

    thats a goodun ,thanx

  • @mtrsoftwareservices
    @mtrsoftwareservices2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Excellent lesson! Thx for the upload.

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    My pleasure. Hope your playing is going well. Shan

  • @andrewkratz226
    @andrewkratz2262 жыл бұрын

    Great material and presentation- thank you!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Andrew. I wish you good jazz.

  • 2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing video!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

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    @patrickdineen49942 жыл бұрын

    Great video. thank you so much

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome!

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    @NagoyaHouseHead2 жыл бұрын

    First time I see this channel and I subbed instantly. Incredible teaching !

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome aboard!

  • @syroyid
    @syroyid2 жыл бұрын

    great content! keep it up. KZread recommended this to me today

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, will do!

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    @LonzCantiLife2 жыл бұрын

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  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that! Thank you for being here and I wish you good jazz.

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    @LonzCantiLife

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @jeffreydelisle7337

    @jeffreydelisle7337

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have been a subscriber for over a year and I’ve never failed to learn something from each of your videos. Any thought to expanding the jazz lesson vocabulary to include for example hard bop or quartal harmony songs?

  • @themidger1
    @themidger12 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video, this is stuff I spent a long time thinking about on my own, watching clips of Barry and studying his playing. It is so validating to see you talking about it. Whole tone over dominants is one of my favorite ways to voice and move voices on dominants. Those symmetrical structures are easy to dive deep into - you can also do the same thing with diminished scales and their voice movements over dominants. Exploiting tonal symmetry for extreme reharmonization is the heart of bebop and Barry’s sound imo

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    The possibilities are endless!

  • @hakeemfayomi7776
    @hakeemfayomi77762 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @lutherhughes7091
    @lutherhughes70912 жыл бұрын

    As Duke would say Shan - "Beyond Category" ‼Thank you.

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks Luther! All the best.

  • @MelodicEgghead
    @MelodicEgghead2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!! When I was younger I would look up all the chords to figure out what these jazz guys are doing and couldn't ever get a proper answer... Now I see what you did... augmented chords, but it's about voicings, inversions, and what you add to the left hand to make it more than a simple augmented chord diversifies it a lot!!! Great video! Liked and subscribed!!!

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad that helped and loving your KZread name :)

  • @MelodicEgghead

    @MelodicEgghead

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JazzSkills Thank you friend! Musical genius was too simple and taken a lot so I had to be original and creative

  • @gilbertocarlosgomez5758
    @gilbertocarlosgomez57582 жыл бұрын

    Very goog

  • @jmanswagg6370
    @jmanswagg6370 Жыл бұрын

    10:56 wow

  • @zeenohaquo7970
    @zeenohaquo79702 жыл бұрын

    ah, my favorite scale. w.t.

  • @philb4462
    @philb44622 жыл бұрын

    Is that you, Shan? I used to go to university with you! Great to see your channel. I'm subscribing. 🙂

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it's me! :) Welcome aboard Phil.

  • @elleondejuda4681
    @elleondejuda46812 жыл бұрын

    Hi 👋 In which video you teach movement using the song My one and only love by Guy wood Thanks man Can you also do Melody lines in chord changes on a fuel Jazz tune and if you have some already please share the link ? Thanks

  • @claudiakramer4516
    @claudiakramer45162 жыл бұрын

    dominant chord means you can move around mixolydian, lydian and now whole tone

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dominants have the most options as they come from the most scales.

  • @marcopepe4046
    @marcopepe40462 жыл бұрын

    At 10:53 what's that Ab B D on C? Perhaps from a C#5 scale? Thank you.

  • @elleondejuda4681
    @elleondejuda46812 жыл бұрын

    How can I became a member of your group classes or get access to your video lessons, whatever that is lol I’m sorry. I’d like to see what is the cost monthly and the way I’ll be learning from your educational classes.

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    Please take a look at www.JazzSkills.com where you'll see all the information. What I do, what's inside, how I teach etc. You can sign up at the bottom of the page for immediate access.

  • @nlmusic5470
    @nlmusic5470 Жыл бұрын

    I play my chords with my left hand . You play chords with your right. Is this a preference or method?

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    Жыл бұрын

    Your comment inspired my most recent video. You can see it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eX-Xpa-eh7Socso.html

  • @gcrovetto0
    @gcrovetto02 жыл бұрын

    Why the intro sounds like Bill evans ? Very similar

  • @JazzSkills

    @JazzSkills

    2 жыл бұрын

    If only that were true :)

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    @mrquick6775 Жыл бұрын

    Kinda reminds me of somewhere to watch over me..

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    @ronaldprice82012 жыл бұрын

    😭 ᵖʳᵒᵐᵒˢᵐ

  • @mikeluisipiano
    @mikeluisipiano6 ай бұрын

    Thank You Master!!!! @mikeluisipiano