Music Theory Monday 24 | Basic Reharmonization (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

This is a lot more fun than it sounds! In this lesson, I take a simple tune (Twinkle Tinkle) and completely rearrange the chords. This is your entry into reharmonization! Check out the Cheat Sheet, the Scratch Paper, and jam tracks that go with this lesson.

Here is the jam track I used
Here is one for mobile
I've also attached some mp3s of the jam track below with two slower versions.

Your homework for the community forum: 

1. Harmonize the melody in a way that makes it hard to tell what key you're in - muddy/muddy/vague (like we discussed in the previous MTM lessons)

2. Harmonize the melody in a way that makes the melody feel in key, but see if you can make it more fancy - extra chords than the standard (written as the example on the scratch paper)

3. Find a harmonization that makes the song feel like it's in the key of A Minor.

If you find anything else you want to post on the community forum, go for it! Have fun!

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