Reharmonization Presentation

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Reharmonization An Explanation Behind the Creativity By Derrick Tate

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This is a brief presentation on approaching the basics of reharmonization.

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  • 1. Reharmonization An Explanation Behind the Creativity By Derrick Tate

2. So, what is it? The meaning of reharmonization is to change the harmonies behind the melody. This is used to give the audience an exciting twist to the music that they may already know and like. This technique also expresses the players creativity and knowledge on melody-harmony relationships. Any tune that has already been composed or written can be reharmonized. We will use the Happy Birthday Song as an example throughout the examples. 3. Basics for Reharm 1 The functions for the Happy Birthday song are as shown below.One simple step is to change the chords from triads to 7th chords. This includes maj7, dom7, min7, and so on.Keep in mind to make sure the chords are functional. 4. Basics for Reharm 2 When reharmonizing a song, the melody has to have a good relationship with the harmonies behind it. The melody shouldnt create a bad tension or dissonance with the harmonies. The melody should represent chord tones and available tensions of the chord changes that are being changed. 5. Basics for Reharm 3 As said earlier, make sure the melody is in good relationship to the chords behind them.With this in mind, you can create room to use different chords from the original works. You can change the functions with these added chords, using modulations, Cadences, etc. 6. Experimenting Knowing what you know about melody-harmony relationships, add different influences to your song. Go for a certain feel and stick with that emotion to completely change the sound and color of the song altogether.Try making this Happy Birthday Song into a sad, mellow arrangement. This can be done by changing the key to minor. Sad Version 7. Arranging Now that we can use emotion as a starting point to reharmonizing, lets make our song a different arrangement and style. Try choosing a style such as latin, jazz, fusion, rock, and any other style that you have exceptional knowledge in. This will stimulate the creativity in reharmonizing your tune. Use different sounds, lead instruments, or anything you find that fits the style of your choice. Fusion Arrangement 8. Keep Playing! It doesnt end here. There are endless amounts of ways to express yourself musically. These are just basics to guide you in the direction you want to go.