Ken Pullig: Modern Jazz Voicings

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 andnon-traditional alignments, and many more.

The accompanying online audio includes performance examples of several different arranging techniques. The audio tracks feature PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player thatallows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.