Barry Harris Minor Half Step Rules

Here is the third of three videos about Barry’s elegant and powerful rules for getting scale-wise lines to work out rhythmically in the true BeBop way!

Here’s the previous video on the Dominant seventh half step rules:

   • Barry Harris Dominant 7 Half Step Rules  

And the video on the Major half step rules:

   • Barry Harris Major Half Step Rules  

Here’s the link to the Barry Facebook group, managed by Barry’s long time major disciple and community leader: Phil Bingham (shout out!!) where you can get all the info regarding upcoming Barry Zoom workshops! (I think you need permission to join)

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