Wes & the Barry Harris 6th- Diminished Explained

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LESSON INDEX:
-Theory and formation of the "6th & diminished" 8 note scales 2:10
-How to generate chords from the "6th & diminished" scales 3:53
-Harmonizing the scales with Drop 2 voicings 4:51
-Demonstration of the "Maj 6th & diminished" chords 5:34
-Demonstration of the "Min 6th & diminished" chords 6:14
-Super-imposing the "Maj6-dim" & Min6-dim voicings over other chord types 7:41
-The "borrowing" concept 9:27
-Procedure to harmonize a melody line using the "6th & dim" chords. 11:50

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[esmeraldo]

neat explanation of barry harris ideas. thanks! maybe i'll put my own spin on it and start selling pdfs of my take on richie zellon's teaching. keep this tradition going.

[AlexVonCrank]

Nice lesson!! Great that everyone is seemingly suddenly becoming aware of Barry’s methods. Robbie Barnby did a great video on this very subject as well. Thanks

[darrellstyner]

This is the 3rd video I've watched on this topic, but the first time I understood it. You're explanation is very clear and concise. Thank you!

[tradingonly]

Nice lesson. Took me 20 tries to find a video to understand how to use it musically and you nailed it. Bravo!

[nickmaybes]

I was also hearing that familiar sound in Wes’s playing - thanks so much for an awesome lesson Richie ! 🎶🎸✨

[insidejazzguitar]

I’ve seen this kind of content covered for piano a few times lately, and I have been trying to figure it out for guitar. You just put it all together for me. Fantastic, thank you!

[jameserenberger]

After watching this for at least the third time, I have gleamed some wonderful insights from it. Thanks for the lesson and for explaining the relationship between the melody and the 6th diminished scales!

[randolphcohen]

Such a comprehensive explanation! Thanks Richie.

[fouroutoffour]

Awesome lesson! This fits into my current study of comping over minor 6 and minor 2-5 cadences and harmonizing melody lines. Thank you!

[justinrodriguez]

Great lesson!!
Nothing new as far as other tutorials on same topic with the BLARING EXception that you explained the topics an how to apply it leagues better than every other tutorial I’ve seen an I’ve seen a lot of em :)
Thanks an keep up the great work

[dananthony]

Thank you for sharing this. I love Barry Garris.

[egardano]

Fantastic lesson Richie! Full of great information and uncovering important jazz “secrets”. Love it!!

[bradking]

Beautiful, Richie, hope you are well God bless ❤️

[rogerball]

Richie, excellent presentation on this one for sure. Perfect from scratch approach to learning this system.

[sibusisogumede]

Awesome 👌 👏. This is one of the most informative lessons on chord melody.l will try building my on chord melodies based on this theory 🙏

[ggus]

Thank you much! Very informative, and enjoyable!

[wesleyc.]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS ---- That ode to joy is beginning to sound a lot like Christmas!

[saschawattenbach]

I guess you are the most sympathic guitar teacher on YouTube. And btw... great content of course.

[hueyhoolihan]

you can simply play inversions of the chord in question and fill in the chord tones with a fully diminished chord, if the object is to play a "harmonized" scale.

[satchitus]

4:07 - is this what is known as the 4-way close?