Upper Structure Triads

Usually used for the 3rd and 7th chord of the major scale.
Example- CM7 Dm7 E7#9b13 FM7 G7 Am7 B7#9b13
Most of the time this 3rd chord resolves to the 6th chord.
US Chord LH RH Chord RH Notes Tritone sub (F#7)

US II C7#11 E-B D D-F#-A US IV

US III C7#9 E-B E E-G-B US VI

US V C79#11 E-B G D-G-B NA

US VI C7#913 E-B A E-A-C US II

US VI C79 E-B A A-C#-E US III

US Im C7#9 E-B Cm E-G-C US #Vim

US IIm C7913 E-B Dm F-A-D NA

US IIIm C7#9#11 E-B Em E-G-B NA

US #IVm C79#11 E-B F#m C#-F#-A US Im

US VII C7sus C-G B F-B-D NA

Combining Quartal, So What and Upper Structure Voicings can sound very smooth
and is used a lot in Modern Jazz piano.

Voicing ii (So What) V (US) I (Quartal)

Basic Chord Progression Dm11 G13 CMaj9

Voicing #1 D-G C-F-A US VI B-F B-E-G# B-E A-D-G

Voicing #2 D-G C-F-A US VI F-B E-G-B E-A D-G-B (So What)

Voicing #3 D-G C-F-A US II F-B C#-E-A E-A D-G-C

Voicing #4 D-G C-F-A US V B-F D-F-A E-A D-G

 Chord Tones
Notes which occur in the chords. Ex- 1,3,5,7 in a Major 7 chord.

Available Tensions
Extensions of the basic chord that sound acceptable in a voicing. Depending on
the chord, they might be T9, Tb9 or T#9, T11 or T #11.

Avoid Notes
Avoid b9 and tritone intervals.

The Altered Dominant Scale

Darkest possible set of chromatic tensions that can be applied to V7 chord; it
represents a dominant chord with everything altered except for the essential
chord tones.
RHWHWWWW
EXAMPLE-

If 5 is present in the voicing, b13 is generally not used.

Secondary Dominants
Secondary dominants are dominant chords that create an expectation of
resolution down a fifth to a diatonic target.

Chord Scales for Secondary Dominants

Chord scales for secondary dominants consist of chord tones and tensions
diatonic to the key.

V7/II-A(Mixolydian)(9,b13)
V7/II-A(Mixolydian)(b9,#9,b13)

V7/III-B7b5(b9,#9,b13)
If 5 is present in the voicing, b13 is generally not used.
 Voicings
Kenny Barron Voicing
(Six note) Two-handed voicing used over a minor 7th chord when
there is an 11th in the melody (the top note).
Left Hand- 1 5 9
Right Hand- b3 b7 11

Example- Cm7 Chord

So What Voicing
Quartal chord voicing made of a stack of 4 perfect fourth
intervals which has a major third interval on top.
Used when you have a minor chord with the 5th in the melody.
They sound ambiguous, so they doesnt need to be resolved to
any particular chord.
Left Hand- 1 11
Right Hand- 7 3 5

Example- Cm7 Chord

 Blues and Song Form
A diagram of a typical jazz presentation is:

Exposition -Head A (aaba) theme

Exposition -Solos B (aaba) variations
Recapitulation-Head A (aaba)