Overview
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Learn about writing songs with chords, and how altering chords can add depth to your music. Discover many ways to use chords from harmonizing a melody to forming an entire song.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching
- How to use the exercise files
- Harmonize a melody
- Reharmonize a melody: Change the bass
- Reharmonize a melody: 7th chords
- Reharmonize a melody: Minor chords
- Reharmonize a melody: Minor key
- Change the harmonic rhythm
- Variations on harmonic rhythm
- Passing chords
- Syncopation of harmonic rhythm
- Harmonize a melody through a bass line
- Harmonize a melody: Major 7th
- Harmonize the melody: Minor 7th, part 1
- Harmonize a melody: Minor 7th, part 2
- Harmonize a melody as a 9th
- Harmonize a melody as an 11th
- Harmonize a melody as a 13th
- Move from a verse to a chorus
- Move from a chorus to a bridge
- Turnarounds
- Next steps
