Clusters! Sounds of B. Evans/H. Hancock in Your Hands

Juampy Juarez teaches guitarists how to play the cluster voicings that pianists like Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock use in their comping, arrangements, and improvised passages. These second-based chords can seem out of reach on guitar — literally, because of the stretches — but Juampy breaks them down step by step, explaining each voicing's note choices so you understand what you're playing.

What's covered

• Clusters on major, minor, dominant, and minor7b5 chord types
• Diatonic clusters in G major across every string set, plus the three inversions together
• Relating the new sounds to familiar chord shapes you already know
• Applying clusters to a Bb blues, II-V-Is, and standards including Autumn Leaves, Wave, The Days of Wine and Roses, and Stella By Starlight
• Adding open strings, altered sounds, and simple two-note clusters
• Voice-leading movements inside the voicings for comping, intros, and endings
• Using clusters in chord melody arrangements for richer contemporary textures

This 2015 master class has been enhanced with segmented video chapters, and the Soundslice-enhanced notated examples include bonus material beyond the video — harmonic minor and melodic minor cluster voicings, plus some challenging clusters for more advanced players. A practical path toward the modern, pianistic sounds heard in players like John Stowell, Bill Frisell, Jim Hall, and Bill Carrothers.

Full video is 1 hour and 1 minute. Includes 6 pages of PDF materials in standard notation and tablature.