You'll Hear It 3 Steps To Better Voicings
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Apr 1, 2024 Adam and Peter discuss the three essential steps to improve voicings in jazz music, including exploring harmony and melody, incorporating one note variations and intervals, and experimenting with interval variety. They emphasize the importance of playing melodically, using diverse intervals, and avoiding stacking solely thirds and fourths for enhanced musical richness.
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Splash Around In The Scale
- Splash around inside a scale to discover chord colors by trying any diatonic notes.
- Use this playful exploration to learn available tones before refining voice leading.
How Beginners Discover Jazz Chords
- Many beginners learn jazz by discovering the Cmaj7 stack and want richer sounds next.
- Adam recalls students moving from simple stacks of thirds toward jazz voicings after that initial spark.
Treat Each Chord As A Scale Palette
- Thinking diatonically for each chord reveals many voicing options beyond the basic triad.
- This perspective reframes harmony as a palette of scale tones, not fixed stacked thirds.