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c hap te r tw o: f ou rths O ne technique that gives a modern sound to a blues is the use of fourths. Blues heads such as “In ‘n Out” (Joe Henderson In ‘n Out (Blue Note CDP 724382915621 Rec. 1964), “Blues On The Corner” (McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy (Blue Note CDP 7465122 Rec. 1967) and numerous others by such jazz artists as Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Woody Shaw make extensive use of fourths. Fourths give an open sound to comping or to solos.  With this in mind, what follows are some fourth voicings that can be used for a blues in the key of F.  I’ll show you how they might be used for comping or soloing over a 12-bar blues. F7 FOURTH VOICINGS Harmonize a F Mixolydian Scale in fourths F Mixolydian = Fifth mode of B b b Major Scale Ex. 10 F7 - comping fourth voicings 11 & b 4 4 œ œ œ œ A œ œ œ b œ 8fr. 5fr. œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ & T A B b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 3fr. 5fr. 6fr. 3 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 8fr. 5fr. 7fr. 8fr. 10 8 8 8 6 6 5 5 8 8 7 7 10 10 8 8 & T A B b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 10fr. 12fr. 10fr. 8fr. 11 11 10 10 13 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 8 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ b 7fr. 5fr. 8fr. 6fr. 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b 5fr. 3fr. 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 F Mixolydian scale harmonized in fourths ? # 11

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chapter two: fourths

One technique that gives a modern sound to a blues is the use of fourths. Blues heads such as “In

‘n Out” (Joe Henderson In ‘n Out (Blue Note CDP 724382915621 Rec. 1964), “Blues On The

Corner” (McCoy Tyner The Real McCoy (Blue Note CDP 7465122 Rec. 1967) and numerous

others by such jazz artists as Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Woody Shaw make extensive use of fourths.

Fourths give an open sound to comping or to solos.  With this in mind, what follows are some fourth

voicings that can be used for a blues in the key of F.  I’ll show you how they might be used for comping

or soloing over a 12-bar blues.

F7 FOURTH VOICINGS

Harmonize a F Mixolydian Scale in fourths

F Mixolydian = Fifth mode of Bbb Major Scale

Ex. 10

F7 - comping fourth voicings

11

& b 44 œ œ œ œ A œ œ œ b œ 8fr. 5fr.

œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ 

&

TAB

b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ  œ œ œ œ b3fr. 5fr. 6fr.

3211

4333

6555

8776

œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ  œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b

8fr. 5fr.7fr. 8fr.

10888

6655

8877

101088

&

TAB

b œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b10fr. 12fr. 10fr. 8fr.

11111010

13131212

11111010

101088

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 

œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ b7fr. 5fr. 8fr. 6fr.

8877

6655

10888

8776

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙̇̇

˙b5fr. 3fr.

6555

4333

3211

F Mixolydian scale harmonized in fourths? # 11

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Another technique used by modern jazz players is the use of melodic minor scales and modes. One

very common practice is to use a melodic minor 1/2 step above the root of dominant seventh

altered chords. For example, C7alt. = Db melodic minor, D7 alt. = E b melodic minor, etc. These

melodic minor scales can be harmonized in fourths just like any other scale or mode. You might also

consider this seventh melodic minor mode below to be the altered scale.

F7alt. =  F## Melodic Minor Scale in fourths

f o u r t h s

&

TAB

œ # œ # œ œ œ # œ # œ # œ # œ # œ œ œ # œ # œ # œ #Œ

96 7 9

6 8 6 7 9 10

7 9 11 13 14

b9 # 9 3rd b5 # 5 b 7 R b 9 # 9 3rd b 5 # 5 b7 R b9

F7 alt. = F# Melodic Minor Scale

(Letters & numbers above scale apply to F7 alt)

&

TAB

44 œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ## œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ####2fr. 4fr. 6fr.

2110

4232

6444

7666

œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ## œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ##a7fr. 9fr.

6fr.

7fr.

9878

101099

7766

9987

œ œ œ œ ## œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ #### œ œ œ œ #aa9fr. 11fr.

13fr.

11fr.

1110109

13121111

14141313

13121111

&

TAB

œ œ œ œ ## œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ##9fr.

7fr. 6fr. 9fr.

1110109

9987

7766

101099

œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ #### œ œ œ œ ### œ œ œ œ ##7fr.

6fr.4fr. 2fr.

9878

7666

6444

4232

˙̇̇̇### Ó

2110

13

Ex. 12? # 13 

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Now, some choruses of the blues in F using some of these fourth voicings.

Study No. 1 Blues in F - comping four-note fourth voicings? # 16 - also use practice tracks  36 & 37 

f o u r t h s

15

&

TAB

44

F7

˙̇̇˙bb ˙̇̇

˙b

3fr.6fr.

4333

8776

Bb7

˙̇̇˙

˙̇̇˙bbb

5fr.8fr.

6555

9888

F7

˙̇̇˙b

˙̇̇˙b

6fr.5fr.

8776

6655

F7alt

˙̇̇˙##n

˙̇̇˙###

4fr.7fr.

5644

9987

&

TAB

Bb7

˙̇̇̇b ˙̇̇̇bbb

6fr.8fr.

8876

9888

Bb7

˙̇̇̇b ˙̇̇̇bb

5fr. 6fr.

6655

8766

F7

˙̇̇̇ ˙̇̇̇b

5fr. 6fr.

6555

8776

D7alt

˙̇̇̇bbb ˙̇̇̇bb

8fr.9fr.

9888

1110109

&

TAB

Gmi7

˙̇̇˙

˙̇̇˙b

7fr. 5fr.

8877

6655

C7alt

˙̇̇˙bbbb

˙̇̇˙bbbb

7fr. 6fr.

9887

7666

F7

˙̇̇˙

˙̇̇˙b

5fr. 6fr.

6555

8776

C7alt

˙̇̇˙bbbb

˙̇̇˙bbb

7fr. 9fr.

9887

119109

F7

wwwwbb8fr.

10888

F Mixolydian

Bb Mixolydian

F Mixolydian

F# Melodic minor 

B b Mixolydian B b MixolydianF Mixolydian

E b Melodic minor 

G DorianD b Melodic minor 

F MixolydianD b Melodic minor 

F Mixolydian

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It’s got a a thing. Some of the voicings have more weight than others. It takes some practice to

improvise using these fourth voicings. It’s important to remember that no matter what the voicing, the

prime directive  is a solid, well-considered time feel, regardless of style.

Study No. 2 Blues in F - comping four-note fourth voicings

? # 17 - also use practice tracks  36 & 37 

f o u r t h s

16

&

TAB

44

F710fr.

˙̇̇˙

˙̇̇˙bb

12fr.

13131212

11111010

Bb7

˙̇̇˙bbb

˙̇̇˙b

8fr. 6fr.

10988

8876

F7

˙̇̇˙b ˙̇̇

˙bb5fr.

8fr.

6655

10888

F7alt

˙̇̇˙###

˙̇̇˙####

7fr. 6fr.

9878

7666

&TAB

Bb7

˙̇̇̇nnnn ˙̇̇̇bb

5fr. 6fr.

6555

8766

Bb7

˙̇̇̇bbb˙˙̇̇b

8fr. 5fr.

9888

6655

F7

˙˙̇̇n

˙˙̇̇bb

7fr.

8fr.

8877

101088

D7alt

˙̇˙̇bb ˙̇

˙̇b

10fr.11fr.

11111010

13131112

&

TAB

Gmi7

˙̇̇̇nb ˙̇̇̇b

10fr.8fr.

12111010

101098

C7alt

˙̇̇̇bbbb ˙̇̇˙bbb

8fr.6fr.

9988

8766

F7

˙̇̇˙b ˙̇̇

˙bb5fr.

8fr.

6655

10888

C7alt

˙̇̇˙bbbb

˙̇̇˙bbbb

7fr.

6fr.

9887

7666

F7

˙̇̇˙ Ó

5fr.

6555

F MixolydianBb Mixolydian

F MixolydianF# Melodic minor 

B b Mixolydian B b MixolydianF Mixolydian

E b Melodic minor 

G DorianD b Melodic minor 

F MixolydianD b Melodic minor 

F Mixolydian

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Four voices in fourths can be somewhat unwieldy so one option is to remove a voice, stacking two

fourth intervals instead of three.

Stacking three voices in fourths

F Mixolydian scale

Ex. 15 F Mixolydian - three-voice fourth chords? # 18 

Ex. 16 B b Mixolydian - three-voice fourth chords? # 19 

f o u r t h s

17

& b 44 œ œ œ œ A œ œ œ b œ 3fr.

5fr.

7fr.

3fr.

5fr.

7fr.

8fr.

10fr.

œ œ œ œ œ œ b œ etc.

& b 44 œ œ œ b œ œ œ  œ œ œ  œ œ œ b

3fr. 5fr.6fr.

œ œ œ b œ œ œ  œ œ œ  œ œ œ b3fr. 5fr. 7fr.

8fr.

& b œ œ œ  œ œ œ  œ œ œ b œ œ œ b œ œ œ 5fr. 7fr.

8fr. 10fr.12fr.

& 44 œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ b œ œ œ  œ œ œ bb

3fr. 5fr. 6fr.

œ œ œ bb œ œ œ  œ œ œ b œ œ œ bb

8fr.5fr. 6fr. 8fr.

&

12fr.

œ œ œ b œ œ œ  œ œ œ bb œ œ œ bb œ œ œ 5fr. 7fr.

8fr. 10fr.

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Ex. 17 F# Melodic minor - three-voice four th chords ? # 20 

Ex. 18 Eb Melodic minor - three-voice four th chords ? # 21

Ex. 19 D b Melodic minor - three-voice four th chords ? # 21

f o u r t h s

& 44 œ œ œ ## œ œ œ # œ œ œ ## œ œ œ ###

2fr. 4fr.6fr.

œ œ œ ## œ œ œ ## œ œ œ ### œ œ œ ##

7fr. 4fr. 6fr. 7fr.

&œ œ œ # œ œ œ ## œ œ œ ### œ œ œ ##

9fr. 6fr. 8fr. 10fr.

œ œ œ ## ...˙̇̇###11fr.

13fr.

& 44 œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ b œ œ œ b œ œ œ bb

3fr. 4fr.6fr.

œ œ œ bb œ œ œ b œ œ œ bb œ œ œ bb8fr.

4fr. 6fr.8fr.

œ œ œ b œ œ œ b œ œ œ bb œ œ œ b œ œ œ b5fr. 7fr.

8fr. 10fr.11fr.

& 44 œ œ œ bb œ œ œ bb œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ bbb

2fr. 4fr. 6fr.7fr.

œ œ œ bb œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ bb

4fr. 6fr.8fr.

9fr.

&œ œ œ bb œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ bbb œ œ œ b œ œ œ bbb

6fr. 8fr.11fr.9fr.

13fr.

18

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Study No. 3 Blues in F - comping three-note fourth voicings

? # 20 - also use practice tracks  36 & 37 

f o u r t h s

19

&

TAB

44

F7

˙̇̇bb ˙̇̇8fr. 5fr.

888

655

Bb7

˙̇̇b ˙̇̇bbb6fr. 8fr.

876

443

F7

˙̇̇b ˙̇̇5fr. 7fr.

665

887

F7alt

˙̇̇### ˙̇̇##8fr. 10fr.

998

111010

&

TAB

Bb7

˙̇̇nb ˙̇̇8fr.

7fr.

10

108

8

87

Bb7

˙̇̇b ˙̇̇bbb5fr. 8fr.

6

65

988

F7

˙̇̇ ˙̇̇7fr. 5fr.

877

655

D7alt

˙̇̇bb ˙̇̇bb

8fr. 6fr.

888

766

&

TAB

Gmi7

˙̇˙

˙̇

˙n

5fr. 7fr.

555

777

C7alt

˙̇

˙

b

bb ˙̇

˙

b

bb

6fr. 7fr.

666

887

F7

˙̇̇ ˙̇̇5fr. 7fr.

655

877

C7alt

˙̇̇bbb ˙̇̇bb8fr.

9fr.

988

655

F7

˙̇̇Ó

7fr.

887

F Mixolydian

B b MixolydianF Mixolydian

F# Melodic minor 

B b Mixolydian B b MixolydianF Mixolydian

E b Melodic minor 

G Dorian D b Melodic minor F Mixolydian

D b Melodic minor  F Mixolydian