Seventh Chord Song Studies
A Seventh in Three introduces the bright major seventh sound.
That Flat is a bluesy introduction to the dominant seventh.
Adieu explores the emotional quality of the minor seventh.
Elephant Ears is a listening game song that includes all three seventh chord sounds.
Each study presents the seventh chord as a melody with harmonic support in the accompaniment. All the lyrics are scat syllables which students may alter if they choose. Singing the studies assists students with identifying and singing these interesting new chord sounds.
This download includes:
- Full scores for each song study.
- Lead sheets for each song study.
- Student activities for exploring the sounds and music theory of seventh chords.
- Teaching strategies with helpful genre-based cues and instruction for singers new to jazz.
- BONUS band tracks professionally recorded by a live band with and without vocal demos for exciting performances!
FULL VOICE Music supports the next generation of jazz artists by donating a portion of sales of this product to the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.
About this Song Download Package:
17 pages, 8.5×11” in PDF format
Backing tracks in mp3 format
Download available immediately after purchase.
