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    ideas from Barry Harris, in sibelius format. Mr. Harris thinks the last thing a musician should do is play a straight-up diminished scale! Rather, play major sixths, diminished chords, and dominant chords, that all borrow from other chords whose roots are located on a diminished chord.

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    ideas from Barry Harris, in sibelius format. Mr. Harris thinks the last thing a musician should do is play a straight-up diminished scale! Rather, play major sixths, diminished chords, and dominant chords, that all borrow from other chords whose roots are located on a diminished chord.

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    ideas from Barry Harris, in sibelius format. Mr. Harris thinks the last thing a musician should do is play a straight-up diminished scale! Rather, play major sixths, diminished chords, and dominant chords, that all borrow from other chords whose roots are located on a diminished chord.

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    harmonizing the diminished scale

    from Barry Harris

    C7 q = 100 B7 C7 D7 C7 F7 C7 A7













    Piano


    9



    Pno.


    F7/E D7/F A7/G F7 D7/C A7/C F7/C D7/A

    13


    Pno.






    harmonize
    choose one of the four dominants.
    Leave out the 5th.





    with one of the other three dominants in any voicing,
    except for the B note in the melody - use dim7


    F7/A D7/C A7/C F7/E D7 A7/G F7 D7

    19
    and then go to a 2-5-1.



    Pno.


    2 How to do a 2-5-1 or something
    25 like it in the mode?


    first list mi 7th chords.


    Pno.

    D7 F7 G7 B7 D7 F7 A7 B7 D7 F7 G7 B7

    30





    Pno.

    D7 F7 G7 B7 D7 F7 A7 B7 D7 F7 G7 B7

    34


    Pno.


    D7 F7 G7 B7 D7 F7 A7 B7 D7 F7 G7 B7

    37




    Pno.

    41



    Pno.

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