Hal Leonard Book

Modern Jazz Voicings

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Authors: Ted Pease and Ken Pullig

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Introduction

Part I:Background And Basics

Instrumental Information

1-1 Transposition

1-2 Ranges And Sound Characteristics

Fundamental Tools and Techniques

2-1 Tensions

2-2 Anticipation And Delayed Attack

2-3 Reharmonizing Approach Notes

Basic Voicings

3-1 Five-Part Soli Voicings

3-2 Five-Part Spreads

3-3 Five-Note Soli Voicings

3-4 Exercises

Chord Scales

4-1 Chord Scale Theory

4-2 Forming A Chord Scale

4-3 Avoid Notes

4-4 Notation And Labeling Of Chord Scales

4-5 List Of Tonal Chord Scales

4-6 List Of Modal Chord Scales

4-7 Exercises

Part Ii: Modern Jazz Voicings

Voicings in Fourths

5-1 Characteristics

5-2 Five-Part Voicings In Fourths

5-3 Four-Part Voicings In Fourths

5-4 Three-Part Voicings In Fourths

5-5 Exercises

Voicings in Seconds (Clusters)

6-1 Characteristics

6-2 Five-Part Clusters (Voicings In Seconds)

6-3 Four-Part Clusters (Voicings In Seconds)

6-4 Three-Part Clusters (Voicings In Seconds)

6-5 Using Clusters (Voicings In Seconds)

6-6 Exercises

Voicing With Upper Structure Triads

7-1 Characteristics

7-2 Six-Part Upper Structure Triads

7-3 Five-Part Upper Structure Triads

7-4 Four-Part Upper Structure Triads

7-5 Three-Part Upper Structure Triads

7-6 Uses Of Upper Structure Triads

7-7 Exercises

Writing for Six Parts

8-1 Basic Six-Part Writing

8-2 Six-Part Spreads

8-3 Six-Part Tutti Writing

8-4 Six-Part Voicings In Fourths

8-5 Six-Note Voicings In Fourths

8-6 Six-Part Spreads With Top Five Notes In Fourths

8-7 Six-Part Clusters (Voicings In Seconds)

8-8 Exercises

The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music, this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color, character and sophistication to chord voicings.

Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions, understanding jazz harmony, overcoming harmonic ambiguity, experimenting with unusual combinations and non-traditional alignments, and many more.

The accompanying online audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques and lets you hear the voicing examples in addition to reading them!

Learn to jazz it up now!

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