BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
4530 / 18210 · Workshop 28 — “So What”: Pure Modal Jazz, Quartal Voicings, Dorian Improvisation, and Building a Solo Without Chord Changes← prev⊞ allnext →

28.21Level 10 — quartal voicings

“So What” is strongly associated with quartal sonorities.

Instead of tertian stacks like:

D-F-A-C,

try stacks based on fourths.

For example:

E-A-D-G

E-A-D-G

or related shapes over D bass.

These sound open and ambiguous.