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Introductory Vocal Jazz! Seventh Chord Song Studies

Introductory Vocal Jazz: Seventh Chord Song Studies introduces beginning jazz singers to the sounds and language of jazz through engaging song studies.

Level: Intermediate (Ages 12 to Adult)
Style: Vocal Jazz
Develops: Jazz style • Seventh chord recognition • Harmonic listening • Music literacy
Ideal For: Voice lessons • Vocal jazz programs • Contemporary voice study • Independent practice

Choose This Resource If Your Student…

  • Is new to jazz singing and ready to explore the style.
  • Is learning to hear and sing major, dominant, and minor seventh chords.
  • Has mastered major and minor scales and arpeggios.
  • Is looking for a structured introduction to vocal jazz.

Accompaniment: Includes pro-piano accompaniments and professionally recorded backing tracks with and without a melody guide.

Price range: USD $39.00 through USD $75.00

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.

License

Classroom/Choral, Studio

Song Download Packages include a PDF file and mp3 backing tracks. Teachers may:

  • Print, copy, and share files with their students.
  • Share performances using the backing tracks on social media with credit to the composer and FULL VOICE Music.

Please purchase the appropriate reproducible license:

  • A One-Teacher Studio License reflects use by one teacher and multiple students.
  • A Classroom-Choral License reflects purchase by an organization for use with 30 or more students.

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