Example Ten

Now let's apply some of these techniques to some jazz standards: "It Could Happen To You" (below), "My Romance", and "Stella By Starlight". Note how the flexibility with voicings that you've gained by practicing the preceding examples lets you have voicings under melody notes that you might otherwise not have thought of.
 
 

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"It Could Happen To You", from the Paramount Picture And The Angels Sing. Words by Johnny Burke. Music by James Van Huesan. Copyright © 1944 (renewed 1971) by Famous Music Corporation. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.