Channel: MangoldProject
Category: Music
Tags: jazz melodyparallel fourthsquartal harmonyjazz harmonizationquartal melodystacking fourthsvoicing in fourths
Description: Some Hank Jones, doing his thing: youtube.com/watch?v=3Sbp2KmBFpc Last week we've discussed using stacks of fourths in the context of harmony, but they can be equally useful when constructing melodies! Here I'm going to point out they can be used to play melody lines as well, with quite a distinctive, modal sound. To do this, I'll play an excerpt out of a Hank Jones piece and we'll discuss it briefly.