Transcription of Basic Rootless Piano Voicings - Chris Fitzgerald
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Basic Rootless Piano Voicingsby Chris Fitzgerald Ex. 1 The three most Basic scales: Major, Dominant, and Minor. Notice that theonly differences between these scales relate to alterations of the 3rd and 7th scale degrees, as all other degrees are common to all three scales. Learn to hear the sound of each scale degree as it relates to the root of each scale. Learn to play each scale fluently in all 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Major R 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8 Dominant (Major w/ lowered 7th) Since the only differences in these three scales are variations on their3rd and 7th scale degrees, the 3rd and 7th of any chord built around thesebasic tonalities of Major, Dominant, and Minor will be referred to as "guide tones" ( - they enable you to determi)
Basic Rootless Piano Voicings ... Ex. 4Voice Leading is the science of moving from one chord voicing to the next with as little motion as possible. Since we are only using two types of voicings (Types I and II), we can reduce voice leading to a simple two-step process:
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