Polychords and the Jazz Improviser: How to Practice & Apply
Polychords to Improv
In the world of music, many Jazz improvisers and Classical
composers eventually venture into exploring poly-harmony within
their respective art form. Poly harmony is the simultaneous
sounding of more than one harmonic concept. The preponderance
with poly-harmony began the late 19th-early 20th centuries with
classical composers such as Stravinsky and Debussy. About sixty
years later, jazz musicians John Coltrane and Richie Bierach
incorporated such ideas into their music. The benefits of
learning poly-chords will enhance an improviser