| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: most common open voicings | |
| mstore -- 05/05/2005, 13:54:08 -- #13566 | |
| hello! What is the most common ways to play "open voicings" ? IŽm going to study music for the next 4 years so i need a plan to follow. one thing that iŽm going to do is learn a basic chord library for open voicings. i do know some of them allready but i want to learn them properly. IŽd like to know atleast 3 different ways to play every chords... There are a few that appear most unfamiliar: open Xm7-5 open Xm7-5-9 open and closed Xm11-5 and iŽd like to know how peple play the other ones too... X13 x13+11 X7+9+5 X7+9-5 X7-9-5 X7-9+5 XMaj9, 11, 13 have i forgotten any group? Anyone have any tips how to learn these? | |
| marksdg -- 05/05/2005, 16:05:09 -- #13573 | |
| What are "open" voicings? Marbe I have been doing them, but didn't know it. | |
| Billy -- 05/05/2005, 17:21:15 -- #13577 | |
| open voicings are voicings with spaced out notes i believe. Xm7-5 : (1) b7 b3 b5 b7 Xm7-5-9 : (1) b7 b3 b5 b9 Xm11-5 : i dont know about this chord X13 : (1) b7 3 13 9 5 X13+11 : (1) b7 3 13 9 #11 X7+5+9 : (1) b7 3 b7 +9 +5 X7-5+9 : i dont know a good voicing for this one X7-5-9 : (1) b7 3 b7 b9 b5 X7+5-9 : (1) 3 b7 3 #5 b9 Xmaj9 : (1) 3 7 9 5 1 Xmaj13 : (1) 3 7 3 13 9 i dont think there is a maj11, the 11 sounds bad on a maj chord. those are some voicings i like to use. | |
| CynBad -- 05/05/2005, 17:58:47 -- #13580 | |
| Why not just get a good book on chord voicings and pick out the ones you want to practice? | |
| Jazz+ -- 05/05/2005, 23:16:15 -- #13588 | |
| Luke Gillespies book, "Stylistic II/V7/I Voicings for Keyboardists" is the finest I have seen on the subject of voicings, | |
| CynBad -- 05/06/2005, 11:45:34 -- #13596 | |
| I would also recommend Dan Haerle's book on voicings, and Randy Halberstadt's book which includes basic voicings, and Mark Levine's book also has a good section on voicings. Oh! Frank Mantooth also had a really good book on voicings. | |
| Jazz+ -- 05/07/2005, 01:30:42 -- #13611 | |
| I have all those books and they are very good. But for just voicings check out the Luke Gillespie book, none are as complete on the topic as his. | |
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