Voicing for Ensemble When Arranging A Cappella Music

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Duane Carter and I'm talking to you about arranging for A Capella on ensemble. One of the important things to consider beside the voices that you are would be writing for is the voicing of those voices. That is the intervals between vocal parts. It is important to understand the range of the individual parts whether it is alto, tinner, base, soprano, and the over all range of the ensemble that would help you determine how you will voice the arrangement. Basically there is two types of voices that is going to be using either close voicing or opening voicing. Close voicing uses the chords in there normal position whether it is group position, first positions, second position, or third position as far as our inversions. Where as in open voicing opens up the voicing so that you have more space between the chords. It is very important to understand how to use your voicing."