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The voice leading aspects of jazz piano comping in a quartet combo (2019)

Luca Ridolfo
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Since better voice leading will lead to better musicality, a proper study in this field will improve not only the comping skills but also the phrasing ones. In this research, the aspects of voice leading are covered to see the connection between the piano comping and the other players inside the quartet combo. Starting with a prior knowledge about comping and voice leading made of interviews to jazz pianists and jazz educators, plus other insights from various books, different approaches are taken in the research process to understand: the relationship between the top note of the comping and the soloist, the lower note of the comping and the bass line and the various problem encountered, like doublings, registers and change of positions. In order to have a firm understanding of voice leading, the piano comping in this research is limited at only 4 real parts harmony. As results, better voice leading will provide better accompaniments and a better understating of the instruments’ role inside the quartet and linear concepts.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsJazz, comping, phrasing, quartet
date10/12/2017
published26/09/2019
last modified26/09/2019
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightLuca Ridolfo
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/413977/560798
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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