Barry Harris is arguably one of the greatest jazz piano educators ever!  His use of the bebeop scale, or the 6th diminished scale as he calls it, is legendary.  It’s a concept used for soloing and for playing block chords, the latter for which this tutorial and sheet music is based.

1st I’ll give you 3 block-chord scales based on the 6th diminished scale, and then I’ll share with you an arrangement of “Fly Me to the Moon” which incorporates the scale and block-voicings over the melody.  It’s always good to see real-world applications of theory, wouldn’t you agree?

Both pieces of sheet music will be sent to you as soon as you fill out the quick form below.

To watch the complete tutorial for these exercises watch this YouTube video.