Summary of Things I've Learned from Barry Harris Episode 5 Half step rules Jazz Guitar

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Barry Harris discusses the "rules" for half steps on the jazz guitar in Episode 5 of his series. He explains that the rule applies to notes you start on, and that between tonic and seventh, you can use either one half step or three half steps. He also discusses the three important arpeggios - the root, fifth, and seventh - and how they are all the same size, either one half step between them or three half steps.

• 00:00:00 This 1-paragraph summary of "Things I've Learned from Barry Harris Episode 5 Half step rules Jazz Guitar" discusses the rules for half steps in the dominant scale and major scale. In both cases, the rule is one half step between the tonic and the seventh note of the scale. The summary also notes that practicing these rules twice can help to "know" the half steps.
• 00:05:00 In this video, Barry Harris discusses the half step rules for jazz guitar. He explains that these rules can be used to get out of trouble when improvising. He also discusses other rules that he uses, including putting triplets in between eighth note intervals.
• 00:10:00 Barry Harris discusses the half step rule for jazz guitar in the fifth episode of his series. He explains that the rule applies to notes you start on, and that between tonic and seventh, you can use either one half step or three half steps. He also discusses the three important arpeggios - the root, fifth, and seventh - and how they are all the same size, either one half step between them or three half steps.
• 00:15:00 In this video, Barry Harris discusses the "rules" for half steps on the jazz guitar. He notes that there are two options: no half steps or two half steps between second and tonic and tonic and seven. Some people also say that you should adjust your soloing based on the chord progression or accompaniment, but Barry says that this is too complicated and that nobody ever thought of things that way when he was growing up. In his next video, he plans to focus exclusively on guitar players and discuss some of the techniques and inversions that they can use.