LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Inverting So What or Not

Brotherdavies -- 11/11/2004, 08:36:08 -- #8846

Hi Everything I have learnt about So What voicings has come from this site. Can they be inverted for voice leading / fitting in with the melody note...or does this change the character of the chords so that they are no longer 'So What'??? When I say inverted, I mean keeping the bass note in the same place and rearranging the chord notes in the right hand (assuming a split between LH bass and right hand chord). Many thanks Bro' Davies Bristol

albetan -- 11/11/2004, 11:42:43 -- #8850

If you change the so what scheme yo are doing other kind of voicing. Melody is harmonized by a third downwards and this note is harmonized by quartals. E  A  D  G  B D  G  C  F  A

Brotherdavies -- 11/11/2004, 12:29:14 -- #8852

Thank you for the advice.

Jazz+ -- 11/12/2004, 10:40:44 -- #8888

Mark Levine comps the So What voicing in both root position and first inversion. Root position for D-7 So What ( often moves to E-7 neighbor) D G C F A 1st Inversion for D-7 G C F A D (looks kind of like a G7 sus)(also often moves to it's upper neighbor)

Jazz+ -- 11/12/2004, 10:43:49 -- #8889

Levine also adds the Hi C on top of the root position So What voicing D G, C F A C He also sometimes omits the Root

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