Just messing around with Barry Harris’ 7b5 diminished scale in a bunch of different contexts, a couple of Monk tunes like “Round Midnight“ and “Epistrophy“, as well as a valiant attempt at F blues, and a song book standard like “Yesterdays“
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Modulation with diminished
https://youtu.be/Smqu9f84gaQ
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https://youtu.be/GMma_bRvHsw
“ Up a fifth, down a fifth“:
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My 10 chord routine:
https://youtu.be/9s3GraRDU_0
Barry Harris sixth-chord rules:
https://youtu.be/RaENQtHgVAE
Pivoting
https://youtu.be/L9Kr1eXX5IM