HOW TO VOICE STANDARDS AT THE PIANO:
THE MENU
BY MARK LEVINE

FORMAT: SPIRAL-BOUND.
PAGE: 206.
SHER MUSIC CO.

DESCRIPTION:
-AT LAST! A SIMPLE, EASY-TO-LEARN METHOD FOR PLAYING THE MELODIES OF YOUR FAVORITE TUNES, USING HIP VOICINGS AS PLAYED BY BILL EVANS, HERBIE HANCOCK, MCCOY TYNER, KENNY BARRON, ETC.

-FAMED JAZZ PIANIST AND AUTHOR OF “THE JAZZ PIANO BOOK,” MARK LEVINE HAS CREATED “THE MENU” — A SUCCINCT GUIDE TO LEARNING A MULTITUDE OF VOICINGS SO YOU CAN HARMONIZE MELODIES ON THE SPOT.

-`SO WHAT` CHORDS, UPPER STRUCTURES, 4TH CHORDS, ETC. ARE NOT ONLY GOOD FOR `COMPING,` BUT ARE ALSO IDEAL FOR VOICING MELODIES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NOTE G IN THE MELODY ON TOP OF A D-7 CHORD IS THE 4TH OF THE CHORD. DID YOU KNOW THAT A `STACKED 3RD` VOICING, AS WELL AS THE `KENNY BARRON CHORD` WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THAT? THIS BOOK EXPLAINS ALL OF THAT, SO YOU CAN INSTANTLY PLAY JAZZ SONGS WITH THE BEST AVAILABLE VOICINGS.

-USING TWO STANDARDS AND A BEBOP MELODY AS EXAMPLES, MARK BREAKS EACH TUNE UP INTO FOUR-BAR SECTIONS, THEN SHOWS THE BEST VOICINGS TO USE ON EACH CHORD AND WHY THOSE CHOICES WERE MADE. THESE VOICINGS ARE ALL DRAWN FROM A ONE-PAGE `MENU` THAT, ONCE INTERNALIZED, WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPONTANEOUSLY CREATE YOUR OWN STYLE OF PLAYING JAZZ PIANO, BASED ON THE MASTERS OF THE ART FORM.

-INCLUDES APPENDIXES ON “DROP 2” VOICINGS AND MELODIC MINOR HARMONY.