Arranging 2

4-part soli voicings

Harmonize the following melody notes using 4-way closed voicings.

The given note is the top note of the voicing.

Just "hang" the closest three chord tones from the given pitch, resulting in voicings which
all span less than an octave (hence the name 4-way close)

F Maj7 B
b Maj7 C -7 A Maj7 D Maj7 B7
ww bw #w
& ww w #w w
Given Pitch (E)
Hanging
Adjacent
Chord Tones

F -7 E
b7 C Maj7 D7 B Maj7 G -7(b 5)

w #w bw
& bw w w

b Maj7 A -7( 5)
b
w w #w #w
G Maj7 B C7 D Maj7 B7
w w
?

**
b b
()
**

w bw w w
F6 E -7 C7 D -7 5 B6 E -7
? w w

** change Maj7 chord to 6 chord to avoid m2 in the top 2 voices.