| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: voicings for comping | |
| tangman06 -- 03/22/2007, 17:16:49 -- #34122 | |
| I am a beginning jazz pianist. I am pretty good with the standard rootless voicings, and I need some good voicings to play while comping (with a bass player). Some options I am considering: upper structures, rootless voicings in left hand w/ octaves in the right hand. Any suggestions? | |
| Jazz+ -- 03/22/2007, 20:35:43 -- #34122 | |
| "rootless voicings in left hand w/ octaves in the right hand" Yes, but first try adding just one note in the right hand over your rootless voicings. Notice that the root and 5th sounds good on most chords. You already have all the essential notes in your left hand, your right hand is adding harmless extensions, the bass players beloved root and 5th! The 9th can sound good too and the 11th on minor 7ths. Then try two notes in the right hand over your four note rootless left hand voicngs. Try root and 5th or 9th and 5th Then goo for the octaves (it's loudest voicings) and try playing a 3rd or fourth under the top note | |
| Jazz+ -- 03/22/2007, 20:38:15 -- #34122 | |
| Mark Levine's 7 Voicing Systems, as exhibited in the companion transcription book of his comping on the Aebersold play-a-long CD "The Magic Of Miles" Stacks of thirds Stacks of fourths Stacks of fifths ("Kenny Barron" voicings) "so what" chords (and inversions of them) Left-hand voicings with octave+fifth or octave+third in right hand Upper structure triads (often combined with left-hand voicings) Drop 2 block chords | |
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