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    Barry Harris Dominant Half Step Rules

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    Barry Harris Dominant Half Step Rules

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    This handout is a written version of rules laid out by Barry Harris in a video entitled "Half step rules on dominant scale part2 " on YouTube.

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    This handout is a written version of rules laid out by Barry Harris in a video entitled "Half step rules on dominant scale part2 " on YouTube.

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    28K views3 pages

    Barry Harris Dominant Half Step Rules

    Uploaded by

    eddierich
    This handout is a written version of rules laid out by Barry Harris in a video entitled "Half step rules on dominant scale part2 " on YouTube.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
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    Barry Harris Half Step Rules

    for dominant chords

    The chord in all examples is B b7.

    Rule #1 - If a line starts on the Tonic (1), 3, 5, or b7, there must be a half step between the Tonic and the 7th.

    & 44 b

    Tonic

    &
    &

    1 to b7

    b7

    &

    1 to b7

    1 to b7

    1 to b7

    b
    b

    Rule #2 - If a line starts on 3, 5, or b7, there can be a sequence of half steps from 3 to 2, 2 to 1, 1 to b7.
    3

    & b
    &

    3 to 2

    b
    5

    2 to 1

    b b
    b

    3 to 2

    1 to b7

    b b
    2 to 1

    b b 3b to 2
    b
    &
    b7

    2 to 1

    1 to b7

    b
    b

    b b b

    b
    1 to 7

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    Barry Harris Half Step Rules

    Rule #3 - If a line starts on 2, 4, or 6, it does not require any half steps.


    2

    &

    &

    &

    b b

    Rule #4 - If a line starts on 2, 4, or 6, there can be a sequence of half steps from 2 to 1 and from 1 to b7.

    &
    2

    &

    b
    4

    &

    2 to 1

    1 to b7

    2 to 1

    b b

    1 to b7
    2 to 1

    b b

    1 to b7

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    Barry Harris Half Step Rules

    Rule #5 - If a line starts on Tonic, 3, 5, or b7, on an upbeat, it does not require any half steps.

    &
    &
    &
    &

    Tonic

    b b

    b7

    Rule #6 - If a line starts on 2, 4, or 6, on an upbeat, it requires one half step from 1 to b7.

    &

    &

    &

    1 to b7

    1 to b7

    1 to b7

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