Close harmony

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Close Harmony (about: Arrangement in close position) is a form of the arrangement in the pop and jazz , as common musical expression and stylistic most of parallel thirds (for example, C4, E4, and G4) which thus simultaneously played or sung Grades. In contrast, there is the open harmony , i.e. a wide register that uses a larger pitch range and leaves the pitch range of an octave (for example C3, G3 and E4).

A typical example of Close Harmony in the instrumental area is Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade or the use of two saxophones in the instrumental music of Billy Vaughn . Vocal close harmony was typical of the vocal groups Mills Brothers or Everly Brothers , to which the Beatles or Simon and Garfunkel orientated; in Germany the Comedian Harmonists used this technique.

Close harmonies are much more "compact" in their tonal effect compared to chords in a wider position, which favors the merging of the individual tones even with more complicated harmonic relationships and also makes them much more tolerant of intonation problems. Close harmonies are also often used as accompaniment in the middle register, which also creates a demarcation from the bass line and, if necessary, from solo parts.

Close harmonies are musically tricky as soon as different instruments or voices are involved. In mixed vocal choirs in particular, there is the problem of registering balance between low female and high male voices; despite these difficulties, most of the compositions for jazz choirs are written in Close Harmony. For example, the name Drop 2 is derived from the Close Harmony , which means that a single (second) voice is deeply octaved from the narrow register. The clusters are narrower voices, the more open voices.