How To Solo On The (Jazz) Blues with Barry Harris Half Step Rules & Substitutions: Bebop 101 Ep3

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In this episode, we look at some different approaches we can take to practice soloing on a jazz blues in F. If you haven't already, make sure to watch the first 2 episodes so you can learn about (and get plenty of practice using) Barry Harris' rules for adding extra half steps to descending scale lines, as well as his "Family Of 4 Dominants" substitution concept.


Episode 1 (about playing on dominant chords and the family of 4):    • Bebop Improvisation 101: The 2 Concep...  
Episode 2 (about playing on tonic major and minor chords):    • How To Solo On The I (or i) Chord Wit...  

The obsession with the modes and "Chord-Scale-Theory" which is so prevalent in mainstream jazz education will never get you sounding like you can play authentic bebop, or at least they never did for me, even after many years of study. Barry's ideas, on the other hand, will immediately turn your playing around (they certainly did for me,) and get you improvising authentic, idiomatic bebop lines. Barry's ideas are simple enough to learn the basics of in just a few minutes, but deep enough that you'll be finding new things to play with them for the rest of your life.


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Table Of Contents

Introduction 0:00
1 Set Of Chords For The Rhythm Section, A Different Set Of Changes For The Soloist 0:58
Typical Chord Changes For The Rhythm Section For An F Blues 1:57
Don't Think About The ii Chord When You're Soloing 2:51
Basic Scale Outlines 3:05
Try Playing Major Instead Of Dominant Over The I Chord 5:10
Catching The Diminished In Bar 6 8:06
Reviewing The Half Step Rules 10:26
Practicing The Half Step Rules On The Blues 11:15
One Half Step, From The Root 11:22
From The 3rd 12:28
From The 5th 13:30
From The 7th 14:57
3 Half Steps, From The 3rd 16:02
From The 5th 17:14
From The 7th 18:16
2 Half Steps, From The 2nd 20:21
From The 4th 23:29
From The 6th 23:56
Running The Scales (With Half Step Rules) Into One Another 24:20
Reviewing The Family Of Four Dominants 31:21
Getting The Siblings Involved 32:34
Don't Forget To Play The Blues! 37:46
Practice All Of The Permutations You Can Think Of, Even If We Didn't Get To It In This Video 38:22
A Few Improvised Choruses 38:56
Wrap Up 40:29