Secrets of Jazz Arranging Revealed
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“Arranging” is the art of harmonizing a melody line, or which notes to use to make up the chord that’s under the melody note. It’s great tool for all intermediate-to-advanced music students, composers, songwriters, and musicians.
Use these jazz arranging concepts to create horn charts, vocal harmonies, and parts for any quartet, even bell ringers and glass squeakers. You can also create cool chord progressions for your songs, or improve your piano technique, all in any style of music.
A basic understanding of music theory and harmony is necessary to understand these concepts. Although the Exercises require reading of treble clef and chords, Arranging can be understood without reading music. However, in practice most Arranging is performed by creating “charts” for each instrument, in the instrument’s key and range, thus necessitating the ability to write music.
Table of Contents
Foreword ........................................................................ 1
Chord Progression Rules........................................... 2
Scoring ............................................................................ 2
Simple 4-Way Harmonization ................................. 2
Chart of Unresolved Tensions................................. 4
Additions to Four-Way Harmonization ............... 4
Alternate Voicings....................................................... 5
Four-Way Sax Spreads ............................................... 6
Bass Writing in Two .................................................... 7
Bass Writing in Four.................................................... 7
Background Writing ................................................... 7
Low Interval Limits...................................................... 8
Drop Two........................................................................ 8
Available Tensions For Drop Two.......................... 9
Concerted Writing - Constant Coupling ............. 9
Concerted Coupling - Variable Alto...................... 9
Concerted Writing With Saxes Spread................. 9
Tutti Writing ................................................................. 10
Counterpoint Rules.................................................... 10
Two-Part Counterpoint, First Species.................. 11
Three Part Counterpoint, First Species ............... 12
Chord Substitutions................................................... 13
Cadences ....................................................................... 13
Harmony........................................................................ 14
Flow-chart of 104 Chord Substitutions .............. 17
74 Different “C” Chords ............................................ 18