Tuomo Uusitalo
Tuomo is an award-winning pianist, composer, arranger and educator. Having released two albums as a leader, he has established himself in the New York jazz scene and continues touring internationally both as a leader as well as sideman.
September 4 · 2023
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Seminar Description
Seminar Description
In this workshop we explore “Barry Harris Voicings” and his unique harmonic concepts for harmonizing melody lines and jazz piano comping voicings.
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Barry Harris Chord Voicings Workshop
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What is special or unique about a 6th chord? As I understand it, the 6th tone functions as a 13th in a dominant chord. or as the inversion of its relative minor or as part of a 6/9 chord. But who decided on a specific chord with a 6 on the top?
Hi Jacqueline, thank you for writing!
6th note in a chord works as an additional note to bring colour; 6th in a major chord gives a bit warmer sound than the major 7th, and 13th in a dominant brings a nice “egde” to the chord, as it forms minor2nd (or major7th) interval with the dominant 7th.
The reason why the 6th is a big deal in these voicings is that the chord tones together with the related diminished chord tones cover the entire scale, so harmonising melodies is very simple with the Barry Harris voicings.
See the attached document for further info 🙂
All the best,
-Tuomo
Thank you!