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Chord Voicing Drills Suggested Solutions

Are these the one and only correct answers? No. There are other possibilities. If your answers are substantially different, check if you spelled the chords correctly and you really did follow the principles of keeping Common Tones in the same place and moving the other notes as little as possible. If you did - great! Notice that some patterns were used in the instrumental parts, but no more than three times.

Exercise One

#4 & 4 ? #4 4 # 4 G6 & 4w w ww I6 ? #4 w 4
Pattern

Am

Pattern

Pattern

D7

w w w II w

C6

IV6

w w ww w

w w w w w

V7

Exercise Two

&b ?b &b
F6

Pattern 1

?b w
I

w w w w

w w w w

Pattern 2

Am

Pattern 2

Pattern 1

w w w w w

VI

w w w w

C7

V7

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Exercise Three
Going up the arpeggio of one chord, then down the arpeggio of the next.

## &

? ## ## D6w & w w w ? ## w
I6

Em7

A7

w w w w

IV7

w w w w w

V7

w w ww w

Exercise Four

b b & ? bb b &b w w ww ? bb I6 w
B6

Pattern

Pattern

Cm

F7

IV

w w w w

II

w w w w

V7

w w ww w

In a very real sense, this is your first improvization. You are taking notes in the chords used and creating a musical line. Practice more by voicing chords in songs you have written or know.