Scott Paul Johnson

Music Theory Monday 25 | Reharmonization with 7th Chords

Added 2021-07-19 15:00:05 +0000 UTC

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Hi Everyone,

In this lesson, I get a little fancier than I did in the previous reharmonization lesson by using 7th chords, V of __ chords, and some other sneakiness.

Be sure to check out the scratch paper and 7th chord cheat sheet attached at the bottom.

Your community forum homework for this little lesson is:

1. Write a chord progression for this melody that feels in the key of C Major or A Minor (or both)

2. Write a chord progression that feels weird and NOT in a key. Make it ugly if you like but make sure you're always harmonizing the melody!

3. Start with the standard progression (in grey in the example section) and substitute new chords as you see fit.

Have fun, tinker and..... whoops..... I had this nice set of jam tracks available to use and I didn't end up using them in the video, but if you feel it would be useful, try them out:

Twinkle Twinkle Jam Track

Twinkle Twinkle Jam Track (mobile version)