Before I teach you the secrets to instant harmonization of melodies, check out these 2-minute audio examples I created back in December 2003 before the release of my GospelKeys 101 course. These demonstrations will give you a good understanding of the 3 steps and what you’ll be trying to accomplish after reading this newsletter. Harmonizing [...]
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How to Instantly Figure Out Chords to Simple Melodies
by Jermaine Griggs · 11 comments
in Chords & Progressions,Gospel music,Theory
How to Harmonize Melodies to Create Full-Sounding Songs Part 2
by Jermaine Griggs · 0 comments
(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 [...]
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 [...]
