Barry Greene Video Lessons

hi Barry, not sure if it was requested before, but "come rain or come shine" might be a nice lesson.

Hi Barry,
I know you have a ton of requests but I'd very much like to see a lesson on one of your tunes - Maybe A Minor Issue or Periphery - something from Resurgence. I know the former is just a blues over the solo section, but it's very modern and although I am transcribing it now, it would be useful to know the devices you are using (playing altered D7 over Gm is one you use which you cover in many lessons on your site, but there is much more in this song than that example).

Hey Barry

I would love to see how you approach a tune like evidence.

Cheers

Hi Barry,
It would be helpful to see an undated version of what equipment you use. Such as on gigs and to record lessons. I know you have added the UA Dream to your setup. There are lots of groups that discuss these things, but I believe most of us would like to hear you thoughts on how to get the best sound live as well as recording.
Cheers!
Sam

Thank you Sam. I need to do another Facebook live, theses are the types of questions that are easily answered in that setting. I've been using the Dream 65 for recording into my DAW but not for live gigs. For live I use the Henriksen Bud 6 which has been incredible. For a loud gig, I'll bring an extension cabinet but in most situations the Bud is all I need. Wishing you the best and I hope that helps! -barry

I don't think you have done All of You, have you? (Lots of versions of the changes) and it seems like a lot of opportunities for improv ideas.

Barry, I still would love for your ideas on All of You

Hi Barry!
Would it be possible to share your drum loops with us? Since there's no library in the Genius app anymore, I can't get the loops :(
Thanks!

Warming up for a gig, the bass player and drummer in my band were having fun playing through the groove of Contemplation (McCoy Tyner). The 3 against 4 type vamp is so hypnotic. I normally only play American Songbook-type standards and bebop so of course I was "out of my league" on this one. But I hope, like anything, once you know how to do it, it's not hard anymore.

We are often just a trio of drums, bass, and guitar so I have to become McCoy Tyner AND Joe Henderson! I am NOT asking for THAT in this lesson request. It would be nice though to at least start learning how to do this tune. Learning how a guitar could use the best voicings to vamp on the Intro, and during the solo section, the best voicings for when we do play with our sax player sometimes, and appropriate soloing tools for this (I guess pentatonics, fourths, etc.) So this may be a good lesson idea for players who want to enter this world who are normally more comfortable playing bebop and standards.

A couple of non-musical site suggestions.
1) Searchable forum posts. As far as I can tell, the searches apply to the videos and not the forum posts. Maybe I'm wrong.
2) Basic forum filtering. It would be nice to be able to sort post newest to oldest instead of the other way around. Collapsable threads would also be nice.
3) A way to mark the videos so I can come back to the same spot next time I visit the site. I have resorted to writing stuff down on little pieces of paper but have a hard time keeping track or wind up losing them.

All this said, I understand the difficulty involved with site administration and know that you're limited to the functionality the hosting application provides. As for musical material, I couldn't be happier. Great stuff, I love your pedagogical approach and the richness of your material. I'm sorry I didn't find this site sooner.

Hello, Barry!

Would you consider doing a lesson on Here's That Rainy Day? It's a tune I've been interested lately and it would be nice to hear your take on it.

Stay awesome!=)

Best regards,
Ioannis

Hi Barry,

Love your site/content ... was super into it for several years, had a little musical hiatus, but am getting back in the groove.

One lesson suggestion would be a "Barry Harris Method" summary lesson. In particular, it would be interesting to hear you contrast the Martino "minor conversion" approach with the Barry Harris "dominant conversion" approach (my sense is he looked for ways to convert or simplify harmonies to be able to frequently play dominant material, similar to Pat with minor material).

Additionally, your thoughts on how to practice/incorporate the Harris "whole-step / half-step" rules/method would be interesting. And finally, he has a lot to say on diminished harmony, though it might not be that different that the concepts you outlined in the epic diminished lesson.

Best,
Gavin

Hi Gavin, thanks for your email. I think this is a great idea, although I am only vaguely familiar with Barry Harris‘s method. Because of this, I wouldn’t be able to give a valid comparison because I am only familiar with Pat Martino‘s way of looking at the guitar. From what I’ve seen, there is a lot of overlap, particularly in the area of their spirituality and the way they see the world. For me, learning how to play was just based on learning solos from the musicians that I loved, like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Pat Martino, and George Benson, along with Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Every discovery I’ve made as a student of music is based on all the transcriptions I’ve done of my heroes. I have tried to create my own method of looking at this, which I’ve passed on to everybody here on the website, but essentially, I don’t think too much about the theoretical part of this once I’ve memorized and internalized the material. Thanks again for your email and I hope that this has helped. -Barry

Hey Barry, amazing site, I learn so much, although it sometimes feels overwhelming... ;-)
How about Bluesette? Or in general: Songs that have rather quick changes really "going somewhere", what's your tip on progressing other than starting slow?
Thanks and keep up the great work!
Bernhard

Cheesecake (Dexter Gordon) would be a fun lesson

Hi Barry,

Can you do a run through of Moment's Notice by Coltrane? It came up the other day and I'd never heard it before. It's in iReal Pro but I couldn't figure it out just standing there. Been working on it the last few days and it's a very catchy tune. It's also very easy to get lost in the changes. Hoping you can make sense of it all and give us those killer shortcuts. lol. Thanks