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i used to wonder...but no more
i remember a man in hollywood named dave who was known as "the piano teacher". Big names -- recording artists -- took lessons from him. students and others sitting around the room in his studio on cahuenga blvd. (between sunset blvd. And hollywood blvd.) would call out songs and dave would play them one after another. If he didn't know the song, he would ask them to sing or hum a few bars. Before long he was playing the song with both hands -- not just the tune, but harmonizing each melody note with a beautiful chord. i loved it, but i had no idea how he did it.
the 4 secrets of harmonization dave taught me which 3 chords will harmonize most any simple melody...and why how the shape of the melody often "gives away" what chord you should use to harmonize it... how the theme of a song reveals about 3/4 of the chords you can use to harmonize it...so once you harmonize the theme, you're almost home free... how a simple question you ask yourself will open up a world of exciting chord harmonizing... click here to begin
by the time those 6 weeks were up, i was able to do pretty much the same as dave -- not quite, but close. And i was thrilled what i learned that summer -- even though ......Read More detail
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