(Part two of a two week series on harmonizing melodies. Click here for last week’s lesson). Last week’s lesson generated many questions so before providing answers to the exercises I issued in the last newsletter, I’ll first take some time to address some key thoughts: Question #1 from student: Hi [...]
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How to Harmonize Melodies to Create Full-Sounding Songs Part 1
by Jermaine Griggs · 4 comments
(Part one of a two week series on harmonizing melodies) Harmonizing melodies is different than laying chords beneath a melody. You may have heard of fake books and chord charts where you are given chords to play under various melodies. Jazz standards are usually notated this way. For example, the [...]
