book recommendation/link
the book focuses on diatonically based voicings harmonizing the basic maj/min scales,around the cycle within the scale,descending patterns,etc,and breaks things down in terms of how many notes you're using (i.e. first root/3/7,then adding notes progressively so you can get a sense of how to construct things in every key...i like the fact that the examples are written out in a nice range for each given key,and using inversions that sound good in a key/range specific sense........
it could be used along with any of the books that get into a given contemporary/traditional jazz piano style or "voicing concepts explained over a given root/for a given progression" books(i.e.the valerio book i was talking about on an earlier thread)or if you're into getting a concept together that is made up of jazz and pop approaches(i'd say it's best for that)..it does have the maj/min diatonic ii-v progressions as well as dom7 cycles using the same approach...
the one thing i think it's good for if you're learning both piano and jazz concepts at the same time as a beginning/intermediate player is what i pointed out in the intro to this file back in '03....
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often the case seems to be that beginning players approaching jazz piano are in a hurry to get right into jazz-type chord voicings as a basis for their voicing conception,trying to learn as complex a voicing as they can initially,starting out with voicings that are composed of upper tensions,that are based on substituting these for the basic notes of the chord,and thinking in terms of these when getting into the improvised melodic line.
this is all well and good and provides the pianist new to the music with an overview of jazz-specific harmonic possibility and some of the ways the great jazz pianists of yesterday,today,and tomorrow voice their chords.however....
pianists who have a background in either classical styles or pop/rock/r+b etc and have taken the time to analyze the type of voicings they use for chords are quick to notice that there are a lot more options available to draw from than the commonly used jazz-type voicings;something that is generally overlooked by players whose initial experiences with the music are described in the first paragraph.
in addition,many lines that are complex and harmonically advanced
making use of altered tensions,jazz scales,etc,can be given a new and different sound by accompanying them in the left hand with voicings that are simpler and based on using fundamental chord tones in contrast to voicings which are dense and contain the same tensions being used in the solo line in the right.
working with voicings like these provides you with a way to use variety in your overall style,to open up your pianistic approach in terms of range,octave,and spacing,and looking at the voicings you currently use from the standpoint achieved by studying the concepts involved in these possibilities allows you to dismantle and rebuild your overall approach to chord voicing. .
the book is called "jazz chord hanon"-
https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/book.asp?ppn=bkhl695791
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