Based on the "Barry Harris Method", Talk Jazz is a comprehensive collection of Be Bop studies with detailed explanations of some of jazz improvisation's fundamental tools. Each book comes with a Play Along CD.

    For All Instrumentalists & Vocalists
    For All Instrumentalists & Vocalists
    52 pages
    Price: $19 plus shipping
    Talk Jazz, Be Bop Studies in 12 keys
    The studies in all 12 keys. Includes fingerings and fingerboard diagrams for the guitar.
    268 pages
    Price: $34 plus shipping
    Talk Jazz Guitar
    Includes fingerings and fingerboard diagrams for the guitar.
    79 pages
    Price: $19.95 plus shipping
    "I can't imagine anyone with good listening habits not becoming a great jazz improviser after learning the studies in Talk Jazz. Every great jazz lick is in there."
    ~Gene Bertoncini

    "Topnotch in every way...A visionary learning experience."
    ~Lee Prosser, Jazzreview.com

    "Brilliant and profound"
    ~Howard Morgen

    "Talk Jazz is the most comprehensive and thorough treatise on jazz guitar that is on the market today." ~Jimmy Bruno


    TALK JAZZ, by Roni Ben-Hur, is a collection of musical excerpts, exercises and ideas incorporating jazz motifs and improvisational concepts designed to familiarize students and music professionals, at any level, with jazz vocabulary and music theory. Derived from the teaching methods of his long time colleague, jazz piano legend and educator, Barry Harris, TALK JAZZ is now distributed internationally. This intuitive guide is receiving wide acclaim for its innovative approach, comprehensive substance and play-along CD and three editions.

    Sound Samples:

    Major Scales With Added 1/2 Steps

    The Major, Minor, Diminished, b5 & Augmented Arpeggios & Their Inversions

    The Minor 6 Chord and Its Surrounding Notes

    A Study in the Minor 6 Diminished Scale

    b) Surrounding The m6#4BCDA

    C7 Scale w_half steps#4BD31

    C7 Scale w_half step, #4BD2C

    Part 6 of the Cm6 Dim#4BD26



    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1: Half Step Rules for Major and Dominant 7 Scales

    • Major Scales With Added Half Steps
    • Dominant 7 Scales With Added Half Steps

    Chapter 2: The Arpeggios Study

    • What Are Arpeggios and Why We Practice Them
    • A Guide to Using the Arpeggios
    • The Major, Minor, Diminished, Flatted 5 and Augmented Arpeggios
    • Inverted
    • In Two Octave

    Chapter 3: Surrounding Notes for the Major And Minor Arpeggios

    • How to Surround the Major and Minor Arpeggios
    • The Major Arpeggios with Surrounding Notes
    • The Minor Arpeggios with Surrounding Notes

    Chapter 4: The Diminished
    • The Diminished Chord and Diminished Runs
    • The Diminished Chord with the Maj7
    • All the Diminished Chords on Your Instrument

    Chapter 5: Surrounding Notes for the Minor and Major 6 Chords

    • How We Surround The Minor and Major 6 Chords
    • Surrounding the Minor 6 Chord
    • Surrounding the Major 6 Chord

    Chapter 6: The Minor and Major 6 Diminished Scales
    • What are the Minor and Major 6 Diminished Scales
    • The Minor 6 Diminished Scale Exercise
    • The Major 6 Diminished Scale Exercise

    Chapter 7: The Dominant 7 Scale
    • The role and character of the Dominant 7 Scale
    • The Dominant 7 Scale Exercise

    Chapter 8: The Augmented Chord and the Whole Tone Scale
    • What is it and How is it Used
    • The Whole Tone Scale Exercise

    Chapter 9: I6/II7/V7 Turnaround Using Diminished Chords
    • A Description of the Turnaround
    • The Turnaround in Minor Keys
    • The Turnaround in Major Keys

    Chapter 10: The Major and Minor Arpeggios and Their Inversions
    • The Major Arpeggios
    • The Minor Arpeggios