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on II-V voicings

"Stylistic Voicings in the Jazz Idiom"

• be a musical thesaurus
• 10x pathways through the II-V
• not all notes and a voicing are necessarily equal
• practice basic chord emphasizing different notes
• basic voicings are ok to start only
• counterpuntal voicings
• parallel 10ths lead and tenor voicing moving line
• 3 notes moving in parallel
• try resolving to an auxiliary dim chord
• try putting in approach notes within a tonic harmony
• f-D-B-Ab- sub for D-b5 G7
• surprise with inevitability
• minor line cliche 5 #5 6 (which is 3 or V)
• combine simultaneously with descending minor line cliche
• melody may be played slightly before or after the other notes
• try Eb triad to Db triad over g7
• clear pedal even when diatonic harmony changes