Adam Takes a Lesson...
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Published 2024-02-08
From the Open Studio course "Barry Harris' World of Soloing": openstudiojazz.com/barry-harris-world-of-soloing
Chris Parks stops by The Open Studio headquarters to teach Adam Maness a bit about combining half steps for some magic!
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All Comments (21)
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no clue what's happening but i love the sounds and their enthusiasm
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I got shit for saying this elsewhere, but here it goes. I've found half step rules MORE useful in creating bebop lines than enclosures. Everyone talks about the importance of enclosures... but here's the thing. These half step rules allow you to create lines with true inertia--forward motion. Half step rules are not just "passing tones." Rather, half-step rules are a method that Barry Harris came up with to align the melodic aspect of jazz with the rhythmic--with the pulse of bebop. Half step rules teach your ears how notes sound on different beats of the measure--how the pulse colors the note. Enclosures are important and a great entry to that study, but when I play enclosures--I have the inclination to think of every enclosed note as a target. That's a problem. See, if you think of notes as targets, then you are inclined to stop your line after you hit that target. I know I'm not the only one to have that problem. Half-step rules allow you to play THROUGH targets and perpetually create. Barry Harris spent half of his life creating a unified theory of harmony, melody, and rhythm--an Einstein of improvised music. He spent the other half playing with all the greats that find their names into our music collections. Listen to Barry Harris. Drops mic. There, I said it.
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The Barry Harris guy??? LETS GO
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I love the humility shown here. We're always learning even if as a teacher
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Oh this is so wonderful. Chris, I love that you've sound such a great home with Open Studio. The way you teach this stuff is world class, brother. Just fantastic
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Barry was the greatest, I loved his classes in NYC in the mid 80s
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As Colleen would say, Evens have 0 or 2 half-steps (0 and 2 are "even numbers"), and Odds have 1 or 3 half-steps (1 and 3 are "odd numbers").
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Chris is an amazing teacher, and Adam is a very quick learner!
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Love Chris' enthusiasm and dedication to the Barry Harris way
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Man, chris has helped my playing sooo much. glad to see him in the studio!
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I’m so glad to see Chris here talking about Barry’s rules and analysis of harmony. I miss Barry so much, but this is pretty close to that Tuesday night workshop that Barry led for years. Thank you!
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So happy to see Chris! What a fantastic lesson!
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Love it. More with this instructor please! Love his channel!
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LOVE THIS! A great concept simply explained. Time to go shed... 🎷
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So much love for these guys and BH.
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so good! the joy of music these two have is inspiring! thanks for sharing.
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I'm legit practicing this right now this is so cool
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laughing with joy watching this...magical :) thanks
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Great stuff as always!
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caught some musical magic right there. great lesson and great vibe
