Topic: [Ad] Ventures into Harmony
I was watching an old Miss Marple and heard this quaint nursery rhyme in the supporting musical score...
I immediately picked out the notes on my iPad (P8) loving the app! And, this morning decided to have a go at something new for me - thickly textured chords (altered triads with 7th, 9ths, etc; chords based on 4ths and not 3rds as is the 'norm'; substitutions across the tri-tone; and a richer density - dare I say it? - jazzy feel.)
Here's a short taste of what I came up with
and here's what the progression sounds like (I strum the chords so I can hear all the inner voices and decide if I like them or not).
https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...ession.mp3
Why am I doing this? Well, I'm trying to improve my ear.
When I started to teach myself the piano at the tender age of 13, I would often pick out tunes quite readily and have a go at harmonising them with varying degrees of success. This led me to conclude that I needed to read music and sweated over the dots until I could read them fluently and play pieces at sight
Now many decades later, I can read the dots but feel I lack the ability to 'hear' as well as I'd like. My recent spate of mini-tunes and harmonies have been a progressive delving into this desired realm.
