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Modern Jazz Voicings: Arranging for Small and

Medium Ensembles
by Ken Pullig, Ted Pease
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ISBN 0-634014439
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Jazz Guitar 101

Study the styles of some of the
most influential jazz guitarists,
and learn the basics behind the
jazz language: chord/scale
usage, building melodic tension,
and improvisation techniques.

Arranging 1: Rhythm Section

Essential learning for anyone
interested in arranging music for
a band, Arranging 1 explores all
aspects of writing and arranging
for the rhythm section.

How do you get that modern jazz sound?

Performers and Arrangers: Add color, character, and
sophistication to your chord voicings. Learn to use fourths,
clusters, upper-structure triads, and other advanced arranging
and performing techniques for three to six parts.
This is the definitive text used for the time-honored Chord
Scales course at Berklee College of Music.
Through a step-by-step process with exercises and recorded
examples, the authors guide you through the intricacies of
deriving "non-tertial" voicings from the right chord scales and
applying them to various musical situations.
Become fluent in these techniques and use them effectively to

Arranging: Small Ensemble and

express your own music:
Horns
Develop your writing and
Select appropriate harmonic tensions and understand
arranging skills for smaller bands
and larger ensembles and learn
jazz harmony
techniques that can be applied
to both live instrumentation or

sequenced/sampled sounds.

Avoid common mistakes and overcome harmonic

ambiguity

Arranging: Contemporary Styles

Learn to create your own original
grooves by analyzing, writing,
sequencing and recording the
rhythms and styles that have
influenced western
contemporary music.

Experiment with unusual combinations and nontraditional alignments, mixing in other textures,
including solo, linear, and contrapuntal passages

Listen to arranging techniques performed on the CD

and follow along with corresponding notated examples

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Apply new techniques using the Suggested Activities

pages; great for assignments or home use

Hear arrangers and players use these voicings to create

their characteristic sounds with recommended
recordings.

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