Hey bill. almost always I like to put the melody note as the highest note in the chord (don't know what's the name of that). but jazz teachers almost always say that that's a bad thing, that I should look for another extension to fit the melody. although I really like the osund of the two together. your thoughts on it?
you gotta just try what works. what if the lead singer is a male, singing in the male range? what then? you can't always put all your chords below that