Chord Voicing: Open or Close
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- KVRist
- 227 posts since 14 May, 2005 from Atlanta
Could Some one point me to a website that goes in depth?
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http://www.thaproducerz.com
http://www.thaproducerz.com
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ScottWasilewski ScottWasilewski https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=101136
- KVRer
- 16 posts since 10 Mar, 2006
Are you referring to chord spacing?
If that is the case it is pretty simple.
Closed Spacing - all the notes voiced are within one octave.
Open Spacing - larger than an octave interval between your lowest and highest voiced notes
Traditionally you want to be consistent with your spacing, not going from one spacing to another in a piece...
Unless, you pivot on a chord that has exactly the distance on an octave between its lowest and highest voice.
On the other hand, sometimes if you are going for a dramatic change in a piece it might be appropriate to skip the pivot and jump from one spacing to the other.
Anyway, hope that is what you were looking for, and that it was comprehensible...
I'm not sure if any websites have an in depth discussion that surpasses this (thats pretty much all there is to it, if I remember correctly). You might do best to walk into a bookstore and pick up an introductory music theory book (harmony in concepts is not a bad choice, wish I hadn't sold mine to buy booze years ago, damn being a broke student...)
If that is the case it is pretty simple.
Closed Spacing - all the notes voiced are within one octave.
Open Spacing - larger than an octave interval between your lowest and highest voiced notes
Traditionally you want to be consistent with your spacing, not going from one spacing to another in a piece...
Unless, you pivot on a chord that has exactly the distance on an octave between its lowest and highest voice.
On the other hand, sometimes if you are going for a dramatic change in a piece it might be appropriate to skip the pivot and jump from one spacing to the other.
Anyway, hope that is what you were looking for, and that it was comprehensible...
I'm not sure if any websites have an in depth discussion that surpasses this (thats pretty much all there is to it, if I remember correctly). You might do best to walk into a bookstore and pick up an introductory music theory book (harmony in concepts is not a bad choice, wish I hadn't sold mine to buy booze years ago, damn being a broke student...)