Soulful Chord Progressions

Name: Soulful Chord Progressions
Uploaded: 2022-11-11
Description: Learn practical reharmonization techniques for soulful chord progressions, focusing on functional harmony, voicings, and bass movement.

Published: 2022-11-11

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Learn practical reharmonization techniques for soulful chord progressions, focusing on functional harmony, voicings, and bass movement.

This lesson breaks down four reharmonizations of a simple melody in C major, showing how to view chords functionally and build expressive voicings (add9s, #11s, altered dominants) while crafting strong bass lines. You’ll learn to use secondary functions, extended dominant sequences, tritone substitutions (subV), and related ii chords to create smooth voice-leading and purposeful harmonic motion. Concrete examples demonstrate how tensions like #9, b9, and 13th choices fit the melody and enhance targets such as vi and IV. Ideal for players wanting actionable tools to reharmonize melodies and deepen their arrangement toolkit.

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