Guided Practice
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Scales Practice 1: The Barry Harris Method
These exercises will start to get you more comfortable with your instrument. Whether you are a beginner, or a seasoned musician who needs to brush up on their fundamentals, these starting exercises will help you on your road to improvisation!
These exercises will start to get you more comfortable with your instrument. Whether you are a beginner, or a seasoned musician who needs to brush up on their fundamentals, these starting exercises will help you on your road to improvisation!
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Lesson 2: Enclosures
Enclosures are ways jazz musicians target a specific note they want to highlight or land on. Figure out how you can start sounding like a pro using the major scales you already know!
Enclosures are ways jazz musicians target a specific note they want to highlight or land on. Figure out how you can start sounding like a pro using the major scales you already know!
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Lesson 3: Major Scale Half Step Rules
Yet another exercise and concept pioneered by the master Barry Harris. Learn how the language of bebop is aided by half steps.
Yet another exercise and concept pioneered by the master Barry Harris. Learn how the language of bebop is aided by half steps.
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Introduction
This course brings the overlooked swing style of the 1930s and '40s back into focus—helping students of all levels learn to improvise with authenticity, confidence, and expression.
This course brings the overlooked swing style of the 1930s and '40s back into focus—helping students of all levels learn to improvise with authenticity, confidence, and expression.
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Lesson 1: Chord Changes and Legato Playing
Practice arpeggios with a smooth, legato feel to capture the authentic sound of swing-era improvisation.
Practice arpeggios with a smooth, legato feel to capture the authentic sound of swing-era improvisation.
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Lesson 1: Octaves and Chords
This lesson introduces the fundamentals of mariachi harp playing, starting with proper tuning based on your harp type, identifying string colors, and developing essential hand shapes for octaves and chords. Through gradual exercises and a focus on accuracy over speed, you'll build the physical familiarity needed to confidently navigate the instrument.
This lesson introduces the fundamentals of mariachi harp playing, starting with proper tuning based on your harp type, identifying string colors, and developing essential hand shapes for octaves and chords. Through gradual exercises and a focus on accuracy over speed, you'll build the physical familiarity needed to confidently navigate the instrument.