San Trinh Jerilyn Sykes

9/4/23 9:02 AM Arranging 2 Sep 21

4-part soli voicings

Harmonize the following melody notes using 4-way closed voicings.

The given note is ALWAYS the top note of the voicing.

Just assign the closest three chord tones BELOW the given pitch, resulting in voicings which
all span less than an octave (hence the name 4-way close)

F Maj7 B
bMaj7 C -7 A Maj7 D Maj7 B7
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& w www b b wwww # # wwww # # wwww # # wwww
Given Pitch (E)

bw
Hanging
Adjacent
Chord Tones
BELOW
given pitch

F -7 E
b7 C Maj7 D7 B Maj7 G -7(b5)

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& b b www b b b b wwww www
w # wwww

bMaj7 A -7(b5)
b wwww # # wwww
G Maj7 B C7 D Maj7 B7
? # wwww b wwww www
b w
# w
# www

**
b -7(b5)
**

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F6 E -7 C7 D B6 E -7
? w
b b www b wwww # # # wwww

** change Maj7 chord to 6 chord to avoid m2 in the top 2 voices.