EXAMPLE3 Build your own Altered Voicings

This study is designed to develop awareness of the location of these tensions b7th around a root-3rd- foundation. First, it allows us to build our own voicings, where the core of the chord remains the same but the upper extensions can be customised on the spot. Secondly, viewing intervals as ‘notes in orbit’ around a foundation root or chord form is extremely helpful when selecting strong melody notes in improvisation or when composing a melody.