Stack notes in intervals of four instead of three.
The PDF is a tool, not a dictator. If a big, fat 13th voicing clashes with the melody note you are playing on your horn, drop the voicing. The best non-pianists use these voicings as background , not foreground.
Print a small keyboard diagram from your PDF. Place it on your music stand. When you have 5 minutes (on the subway, before a gig), trace the voicings with your finger on the paper. Say the note names out loud: "D, F, A, C... that's a Dmin7 rootless..."
Stack notes in intervals of four instead of three.
The PDF is a tool, not a dictator. If a big, fat 13th voicing clashes with the melody note you are playing on your horn, drop the voicing. The best non-pianists use these voicings as background , not foreground.
Print a small keyboard diagram from your PDF. Place it on your music stand. When you have 5 minutes (on the subway, before a gig), trace the voicings with your finger on the paper. Say the note names out loud: "D, F, A, C... that's a Dmin7 rootless..."