“Stardust”

A beautiful song by Hoagy Charmichael in which I teach you the arrangement while also reviewing arranging techniques that “spice up” the song. We will be covering drop 2, drop 3 and drop 4 voicings. These voicings help to spread out your chords.

JPC glossary / key

  • RH – right hand
  • LH – left hand
  • HT – hands together
  • CM – contrary motion (to move in opposite directions)
  • Harmonically – to play as chords (all notes together at once)
  • Melodically – to play as a melody (single note) – arpeggiate
  • R7, R3, R37 – chord shells (Root-7th, Root-3rd, Root-3rd-7th respectively)
  • bpm – beats per minute. Refers to the metronome setting