Modern Jazz Voicings: Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles
 | By Ted Pease, Ken Pullig Berklee Press, 2001, Paperback |
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The definitive text used for the time-honored Chord Scales course at Berklee College of Music, this book concentrates on scoring for every possible ensemble combination and teaches performers and arrangers how to add color, character and sophistication to chord voicings. Topics covered include: selecting appropriate harmonic tensions, understanding jazz harmony, overcoming harmonic ambiguity, experimenting with unusual combinations and non-traditional alignments, and many more. The accompanying CD includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques. "A no-nonsense, meat and potatoes source of basic and not-so-basic information about everything relating to jazz writing - covers several courses worth of information." - Kenny Werner Pianist, Composer and Author of Effortless Mastery
Title: Modern Jazz Voicings: Arranging for Small and Medium Ensembles
Sales Rank: 69724 in Books
Author: Ted Pease, Ken Pullig
Publisher: Berklee Press, 2001-05-01, Paperback, 136 pages, ISBN: 0634014439
Package Dimensions: 11.89 x 8.98 x 0.47 inches, 1.15 pounds
- Outstanding, and nearly perfect!
- I picked up this book to help me with my Jazz Studies classes. It is amazingly simple and clear, with just enough illustrations to make things easily understood, and a great dose of exercises for practical application. I found it clearly laid out and logically arranged. It's easy to find topics that I'm looking for just from the index, and there aren't pages… More reviews
- Maravilhoso - Wonderful
- O Autor dá um banho em matéria de pragmatismo. É um excelente material de ensino e um bom livro para pequenas consultas também. Traduz a didática americana da melhor maneira.
The author makes a goal on pragmatism. It is an excellent material for teaching and a good book for small queries as well. Translates the american-teaching way very best. More reviews
- excellent!
- Well, I used old russian sources before, and had a lot of problems with understanding of voicings. I just can say - this book is amazing! Very clear, logical, exercises... if you need to know about how to change basic chords to more complex, this book is your helper.… More reviews
- A helpful book, though my experience with it was a little frustrating
- The material presented is great, and will prove helpful in my study of arranging.
I did have one problem with the book however. In the introduction it states, "Because this book is intended for an expanded audience beyond students enrolled at Berklee, it includes substantial amounts of new text, many new musical examples, solutions to exercises and an accompanying CD."
Yes,… More reviews
- A must for anyone interested in arranging.
- This book is absolutely excellent. Like other Berklee Press books, it is easy-to-understand, and it offers exercises after each exercise to ensure that the lessons are etched in your brain through hands-on application. This book demystifies alot concerning voicings and chord scale theory, and I dare say that this and "Reharmonization Techniques" by Randy Felts should be the first… More reviews
