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Harmonize a melody as a 9th

Harmonize a melody as a 9th - Sibelius Tutorial

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Harmonize a melody as a 9th

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- [Instructor] When we start to look at harmonizing the melody as a chord extension or color tone of a chord, namely the ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth. Our ability to stay in the key becomes even more limited. While chord extensions past the seventh are present in the Major scale, certain extensions imply the presence of other scales. Now before we jump into a song example, let me clarify this last statement. Let's take a look at a G7 chord with an A in the melody. Here's a G7 chord and I'm going to sing an A in the melody. (sings and plays chord on piano) Now when I have an A in the melody against the G7 chord, the A acts as the ninth of the chord implying a G9 chord. Let's take a look at C Major here. (plays piano in C Major) And we're going to build the chord off the G which is the fifth degree. We've got root, third, fifth, seventh, and there's the ninth right there. And that was the note I was singing, right? So if we follow the A in the melody with the G chord underneath it…

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