Announcing the launch of Phil Bingham’s new website, where students, musicians, and admirers of the Barry Harris tradition can explore Phil’s work and access newly prepared downloadable PDF study materials.
Phil’s online store now includes a growing collection of carefully prepared PDF resources connected to Barry Harris harmony, piano study, and workshop material. These downloads are designed for serious students who want to study harmonic movement, voice leading, diminished harmony, and classic song forms in a practical, hands-on way.
Among the available materials are:
Whole Tone 3rds PDF — “Body and Soul”
A Barry Harris Workshop Intensive study using whole tone contrary motion, with harmonic material drawn from the classic standard Body and Soul.
Whole Tone 3rds PDF — Intermediate to Advanced
A more advanced exploration of Barry Harris workshop material using whole tone contrary motion, intended for students ready to go deeper into harmonic movement and keyboard application.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes PDF — Barry Harris Excerpt
This PDF focuses on Barry Harris’ harmonic approach to Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. His teaching reminds us that major harmony is not simply a static major scale, but a living relationship between the major 6th chord and the diminished 7th chord built from the leading tones around it. Barry referred to this as the “6th diminished” concept.
Rather than thinking only in terms of scales or modes, Barry Harris taught musicians to hear harmony as movement — a conversation between stable chord tones and passing diminished structures. Phil’s materials help students begin to see, hear, and apply these ideas directly at the piano.
These PDFs offer a valuable way to continue studying the language of Barry Harris through Phil Bingham’s teaching, musical insight, and careful presentation.
