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Jazz Voicing

Discussion in 'Score Study Resources' started by Cody Ortz, Mar 8, 2021.

  1. #1 Cody Ortz, Mar 8, 2021
    Last edited: Mar 8, 2021
    Does anyone have any good resources to start learning basic jazz voicing? Books or videos are cool, but I'm particularly looking for arrangements/compositions (recordings) to transcribe. Some things that have clear voicing would be great since I'm just kind of diving into this. I'm just not sure what a good starting point would be.

    Any help would be great! Thanks!
     
  2. #2 Carlos Riesco, Mar 8, 2021
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2021
    Hey Cody, to get started I would suggest brass ensembles where you can hear the different voices like this one:


    Hope that helps.
    Cheers!

    //EDIT
    Unless you were looking just piano voicings, in that case maybe picking some jazz standards from the real book, but I don't have recordings to recommend on that.
     
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  3. #3 Cody Ortz, Mar 9, 2021
    Thanks, man!
     
  4. #4 Lolu Ores, Mar 12, 2021
    Have you looked at arranging books like the Nestico or the Berklee books? Although those are more big band traditional stuff, they give you basically all you need to know to build voicings as well as arrange them.
     
  5. #5 Cody Ortz, Mar 15, 2021
    I think I have the Nestico book on a shelf somewhere. I was looking to transcribe before jumping into books. But I'll pull that one out after I do some more listening! Thanks!
     
  6. #6 David Rubenstein, Mar 24, 2021
    The best book I read is "Inside the Score" by Rayburn Wright. You will want the CD that accompanies it. The book shows scores for a traditional 17-piece stage band. It shows how to voice all of the instrument sections. Each score has lots of annotations that explain what is happening. Unfortunately, the book seems to be out of print :-(
     
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