https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php...15#p996015

Here's a reharmonisation of my simple song to give it a different flavour...

and what it sounds like (or could possibly have sounded like many years ago...)

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...Chords.mp3

https://www.dropbox.com/s/09xcn2klc11n2...d.pdf?dl=0

And here's what it sounds like:

https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php?id=10732

Even More Jazzy...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f..._Jazzy.mp3

Old MacDonald still going strong... If you've already downloaded the score it's now updated with the latest delving (each time I complete a new one I'll just upload a fresh copy to the same link):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/br9n2fo1re7u3...s.pdf?dl=0

Keep it up DEZ, great stuff, Glad to hear you're enjoying the journey!

Warmest regards,

Chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your continued support and encouragement !

DEZ

Still enjoying my voyage of discovery...

Minor Scale harmony...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...Leaves.mp3

Here's the score:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kyw1432nt9c1k...s.pdf?dl=0

Keep it up DEZ, great stuff,

Warmest regards,

Chris

Minor Scale harmony...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...Leaves.mp3

Here's the score:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kyw1432nt9c1k...s.pdf?dl=0

Here's the score:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/66hj8o3fhhnjt...9.pdf?dl=0

This is probably not out of copyright so there's no 'performance' - but for the sole purpose of harmonic analysis of a successful pop song you can see very little goes a long way. It's a pitty that the composer Joe Meek killed himself at a young age - pressures of the pop music industry I suppose...

Here's the score:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h6yxlnna12vdb...9.pdf?dl=0

And here's what it sounds like as a duet played on the U4:

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...Copper.mp3

Here's my simplified (ie the rhythm has been stripped from the melody) transcription of Bob Miller (1895-1955) 's tune, "Rocking Alone In an Old Rocking Chair"

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ry624hrrk9ln8...9.pdf?dl=0

The reason for simplification is to study how the melody is enhanced by the chosen chords (well the one I chose - I think they're close enough) to convey the emotion of the words. Clever stuff I'm hoping to emulate one day in my own delvings.

You can hear many versions on YouTube from various artists. I recall when I first heard it as a child at my grandparents on a record by Micky & Griff; always liked it ever since.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpcgsd03zi2z1...9.pdf?dl=0

Using a very well known English Nursery Rhyme..

Circle of Fifths  and Jazzy...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f..._Jazzy.mp3

If you've already downloaded the score it's now updated with the latest two delvings (each time I complete a new one I'll just upload a fresh copy to the same link):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/br9n2fo1re7u3...s.pdf?dl=0

Using a very well known English Nursery Rhyme..

Going more minor and adding passing notes...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...gNotes.mp3

If you've already downloaded the score it's now updated with the latest two delvings (each time I complete a new one I'll just upload a fresh copy to the same link):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/br9n2fo1re7u3...s.pdf?dl=0

Using a very well known English Nursery Rhyme..

Borrowing chords from the relative minor...

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...orFeel.mp3

+1 for Bach chorales. One piece that really turned me on to the possibilities of harmony was Chopin's Prelude in E minor. Yes, it is a beautiful piece that requires a much softer left hand to allow the right hand to sing out mornfully. I suppose that I will have to analyse it at some point and kill it's magic - LOL It's not much of a melody, hardly anything at all, but wow, what harmony! Antonio Carlos Jobim used this prelude as a model for How Insensitive. Composers borrow from each other all the time - I can definately hear JS Bach's Sinfonia No.15 in Bm in the song Windmills of Your mind and Air On The G String in A Whiter Shade of Pale are two that readily come to mind.

Thanks for your input - it's very much appreciated.

I believe the Bach Chorales are good for learning harmony, just a thought.

Warmest regards,

Chris

I think you may be right! Walter Piston is already introducing them and I'm only up to page 56...

Thanks again for the gentle nudge