Peace
Peace, one of Horace Silver's lesser-known compositions is a beautiful and complex ballad of only 10 bars. Watch as the chord changes to the tune are voiced with a variety of techniques: rootless voicings with added tension, open voicings, upper structures, voicings in fourths and a melody is improvised over the top. The result can be played as a stand-alone miniature or used as an extended introduction to the head of the tune.

Lesson Stats
When added: 10/14/07; Duration: 13 minutes;

Prerequisites
Moderate keyboard proficiency. Ability to read notation. These lessons are good prerequisites: Rootless Voicings with Added Tension Major ii-V-Is Part 1 and Part 2; Improvisation: the Concept, Four Components of Melodic Construction

Quiz
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Practice Sessions & Playalongs
Practice Session 1: Play the chord changes to Peace written out as rootless voicings with added tension.
Practice Session 2: Play the transcribed chord changes to Peace written out with a variety of voicing techniques.
Practice Session 3: Play the transcribed improvised melody written out over the chords to Peace.

Includes play-along for practice session 1 in MIDI, Band-in-a-Box™ and GarageBand formats.

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