Bonus - Open voicings
"Open Voicing" is the way in which the notes of chords are assigned across a range wider than one octave. Darius explains how to use voicing to make your part stands out as something different, as a distinct voice that adds something to the melody - ie. not the same as the melody or underlying harmony.
About the instructor
Darius Brubeck is a noted jazz pianist and educator. He has released numerous albums as a leader, as well as touring internationally with his own groups, and the Brubecks Play Brubeck collaboration with his brothers.
Darius has served as a Fulbright visiting professor in Romania and Turkey. He initiated the first degree course in Jazz offered by an African University at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where he taught till 2005.
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