EXAMPLE3 VOICING VOCABULARY EXERCISES

In this section we’re concerned less with specific musical phrases, although the chords that these exercises unveil will serve this purpose perfectly, once the

Bb7 initial forms have been assimilated thoroughly. In 3a) we establish a set of

Bb voicings that move through each note of the associated Mixolydian scale in Bb- Eb- Ab), turn ( C-D- F-G- although this scale connection is the highest note in the treble of each voicing and not in the bass. The specific choices here are open to modification; this is simply an effective set of options to support any of the melodic possibilities in this tonality. We echo this concept in 3b), albeit with