Harmony Masterclass
Anatomy of a Tune - Be-bop Style
“Outstanding lesson! Roni covers a lot of material in a clear, organized and helpful way. I repeatedly found that my questions were being addressed by Roni only seconds after they…”
About this masterclass
Guitarist Roni Ben-Hur teaches the method of harmonic analysis he learned from master pianist and educator Barry Harris: breaking a song down to its most basic harmonic format and using that skeleton as the starting point for solos. The working example throughout is How High the Moon.
What's covered
- Finding the layer beneath the chord changes — How High the Moon as major keys descending in whole steps (G, F, E-flat), each reached by leading chords
- Destination chords vs. leading chords, and why the dominant truly drives the progression
- Why Gm7 to C7 is really an extended C11 — color chords vs. the chords that have to be there
- Substitution options on the dominant, including diminished, augmented, and tritone alternatives
- The bebop approach to adding chromatic notes to major and dominant scales, with examples from Roni's book Talk Jazz
- The important chords within the dominant scale, and analysis of a complete written solo that puts the principles into action
You'll come away with a systematic way to analyze any standard — understanding the architecture so you can make informed choices and build melodic lines with the logic of the bebop masters. Knowing the basic format also makes it far easier to transpose a tune to any key.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Anatomy of a Tune - Be-bop Style1h 33m
Reviews & Ratings
"Very good lesson "
I’m impressed by this lesson. I’m also a jazz guitar teacher and I’m learning a lot from Profesor Roni Ben-Hur. He understands what students need to learn a topic. Thank you.
Roni Ben-Hur's style and method is unique and can only help in opening the player to new centers of understanding improv and harmony.
Outstanding lesson! Roni covers a lot of material in a clear, organized and helpful way. I repeatedly found that my questions were being addressed by Roni only seconds after they occurred to me. Hope to see more lessons by Roni, as this lesson probably only scratches the surface of what Roni can teach students.
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