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Published in Volume 7, Issue 2 - 14. March 2020

Jazz Arranging for Beginners – Part 2 [Tecniche di Arrangiamento Jazz per Principianti – Seconda Parte]

Carmine Cataldo

Affiliation: Independent Researcher, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, MD in Disciplines of Jazz and Improvisation (Jazz Piano), Battipaglia (SA), Italy

Keywords: Jazz Arranging, Diatonic Parallelism, Chromatic Parallelism, Seventh Chords, Be-Bop Scales, Tonicization

Categories: Performing Arts, Music

DOI: 10.17160/josha.7.2.644

Languages: Italian

In this paper we discuss some simple 4-part arranging techniques, particularly suitable for jazz musicians. By exploiting the Diatonic Parallelism, we provide an explicit writing of the 4-part harmonization of the Ionian, Dorian and Mixolydian scales (or modes). In order to harmonize the so-called approach notes, we herein exclusively resort to the Chromatic Parallelism. Finally, by exploiting the concept of tonicization, we carry out the 4-part harmonization of the Major, Melodic Minor and Dominant Be-Bop scales.

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