"Which Chords Should I Play Over This Melody?" - Harmonization for Beginners
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- Many of you have asked me this question: How can I know which chord to play over a melody? In other words, how to harmonize a song? (Harmonization means assigning harmony - in the form of chords.) This tutorial I attempt to show how to pick the chords that most fit a melody and then, even more importantly, how to go about making them more and more interesting!
If you're interesting in more videos about reharmonization and chord substitutions, check out my "beginner's tutorial" over here:
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After years of googling i finally found a simple yet amazing soulution to my question. Thank you so much
Sure thing!
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Truly Amazing! I rarely comment, but this is so good. Will you ever have time to show us how two melodies running together can be fitted with chords? Or, after following your instructions to create a chord progression to the first melody, how can a secondary melody, or maybe a bass riff, be fitted in? What are dos and donts? How much dissonance is acceptable? Still, this video is so clear that it almost answers the question already. Keep it up! I have some revising to do now, to see whether I have followed your principles.
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*Great tutorial Sir.For me as a beginner, one of the greatest challengers in playing the piano has been knowing what chords to match with a melody, rather than just playing robotically from sheet music.With your video, I am now on my way, step by step, to becoming a great composer.Thanks a million.*
Sir, your video gave me chills in my body and all of a sudden something clicked in my brain. It's the sound of a Lamp click. And now, I will explain what I am talking about.
Your video taught me something very very important and made me view music and composition much differently.
Music is a like a construction field with many tools to build a song. A song that was originally just a single note and constructed according to a construction plan. You slightly add notes, try notes, remove notes, .. etc until you create your melody. The next phase is to add, try, or remove the simplest triad chords to make sure they fits well with the melody according to your design of the time signature of the song. Next phase is to re-arrange your chords by using inversions or whatever in order to sound more coloured. Then bring in your song structure to indicate the number of verses, chorus, bridge, ..etc and model it on the given harmonization that we've just created.
Voila !! You got your own song.
Honestly, thank you very much.
imo this is the most useful lesson for post-beginners, hands down
Thanks Nyanko :)
simple yet powerful man.
for the nextlevel things like jazz and other extended chords, it's still hard to figure out those chords over melody.
Your topics, your teaching style, and your language resonate with me. In-other-words, you make sense of what is hard for many of us.
I've been watching your videos for about a year and have seen a huge improvement in my playing and theoretical understanding. Keep up the great work.
This is my favorite piano channel on youtube.
Thank you. I like your avatar.
Lol your profilr
This is probably my most desperate and most urgent instrumental need today. Can’t wait.
Hey Assaf, your tutorials are awesome. And the way you communicate your concepts and ideas are just flawless. Thank you so so much for these videos.
Thanks Agbaje, that's very nice of you to say :)
This video is the answer to a question that I had for many years, no one was able to answer it in such a clear way. I'm impressed.
Great! Glad to know that.
Thank you explaining harmonization with clarity and precision.
Just super video. An amazing concept: start simple, then build from there. Why didn't I think of that ?? Or , better yet, why didn't my teachers suggest that ????So much for the Royal Conservatory of Music for Canada!!!(They really taught me now to hate the piano, Now ManGold is teaching me how to love the piano.Thank you, Thank you Sir. !
Great video. You explained simply some of the thought processes behind your choices. Thank you
Finally got a direct and concise clarification to my problem. Thank you!
Great tutorial. I'll make sure to watch your other videos. Thank you.
all of your videos are great and useful
Thank you for an excellent explanation of beginning harmonisation of melody. I found the afdingen further chords particularly helpful.
Thank you for this tutorial - excellently done. Reharmonization is a big missing link in my playing. Now I should start sounding richer in my chord progressions. Thanks to you.
Another excellent video here. Thanks very much!
Thank you. This is the best explanation I have found.
Good tips! To make a long story short, look at the melodic note you’re playing on your right hand on the main beat or impulses in the melody and play the bass note that is 1, 3, or 5 intervals BELOW the melodic note. This rule is a bit easier to mentally execute as opposed to finding the triad chords that contain the melodic note. As for the chord progressions (asked in one of the viewer comments), there is no need to memorize the progressions because they naturally come about and arise from simply responding to whatever notes are played in the melody using the above rule. :-)
Thank you. This has really helped my playing by ear.
This is an awesome demo for me! I can actually play this!
Very useful for a beginner like me. Thank you!
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.
I swear this is my favorite piano channel
This tutorial is very usefull for me as a beginner.
Thanks a lot.
Really really useful! I've finally got the clue in this topic! Now I've got to practice it myself. Thank you very much, sir.
Good luck practicing!
I'm following you on step by step... Thanks
Yet another superb lesson. The kind of teacher I would travel quite far to study with.
Excellent tutorials and a really good teacher thank you very much Mangold
You're welcome.
Thank you. Very well explained. Too good.
this is what i was looking for.thnk yu so much👌👌
These days....nobdy will try to say like this... And Sir, you highly deserve appreciation.... May God The Almighty bless...
Jesus, what a toughness to find chords for a desired song..... And when hearing recorded songs or MIDIs ....hhhaaaahhh... How nicely it blends......and Im nowhere to understand it...
And finally, to deeply say, Music making is an art, not meant for fools (like me.....haa..haa)
Too gud Sir, your presentation
... Really liked it...
thank you for this lesson!
You are truly one of the more amazing teachers on youtube
Thanks Rhoda!
I was looking for how to add chords to a melody
thanks alot!
Great tutorial thanks ❤️🎹🎵😊
Great solution indeed. Thanks man.
You're welcome, glad to help out.
I love these kind of videos. Keep them coming
Any specific requests? Would you like to see more specifically on harmonizing a melody?
Yeah of course. Thanks sir!
Now this sire, deserves a subscription and like and bell. My man...❤
Welcome aboard!
My biggest doubt cleared today after watching this video. Thanks a lot.
Thank you!
Very nice!
Thank you very much! This helps a lot.
You're welcome Hannah.
This was good for me to watch and learn. Maybe you will do more on which chord to play when Im playing improvising on right hand simple chords. This lesson touch on this alot.
Thanks a lot Sir.
excellant it helps me a lot.
Thanks for the video. A very late new start here but I am truly amazed on the possibilities of 🎹 sounds. (Also meow to the black cat, I have one too!)
I can't thank you enough man !!
I reconized your Voice ,you did some videos in German lannguage too.
You are so brave.
Thank you for sharing with us.
You're welcome. But nope, no German videos from me.
I would like to take private lessons by you through zoom since you are not living near me. Pls let me know if you give private lessons. Thank you! You are the best of best teacher!
great video
Your videos are very intriguing and hit on a lot of the questions I have. Thank you.
Thanks!! love all your videos.. hope to play better one day☺
Practice and you will.
Thank you sir for the encouragement😘
very educative
Very useful
Hi! I love the way you explain things, probably the best among the piano teachers online. I have a request, if you can please do a video on how to accompany on piano while singing a song. I know it's a very basic thing, but not able to find much on this part. I hope you will guide me on this. Thanks in advance. :)
Thanks Rohit. It's actually a very complex question without a simple answer. A lot of my videos talk precisely about that - take a stroll through my channel :)
Do you have a donate button anywhere ??? I would like to do that. Just a small token of appreciation. Thank you .
Thanks Don. No donation button at the moment. Maybe one day in the future ... but thank you for the offer :)
You definitely need to offer your lessons for sale but in an organized structure. Your practical approach is hands down the most effective way of taking me from a beginner to an intermediary player. The concepts are so insightful and let me know where I can take my playing. Since my goal is to harmonize like Alicia Keys.
Very good video
thank you sir
Thanks
thank you.
Fabulous
This is a great video!! Thank you for choosing a Classic as I have learned so much and I will perfect this by reviewing it and adding the theory to other key signatures in order to really make it my own!
I agree with you as it sounds really good.
So, theoretically when connecting between the Tonic and the Dominant chords we can use: ii V I or ii V-seven I or vi ii V I or
vi ii V-seven I-right?
May I also ask exactly how can we learn to accurately and confidently recognize passing notes and passing chords and how do they affect the naming of the chord progressions?
Are the Reharmonization chords passing chords?
I am excited to learn Harmonization and Reharmonization with you-thank you for being here on youtube:) I am very excited to see the next video.
This is so much better than children's nursery rhymes-LOL
Thank you:)
Good video! I would love to see more details and examples. Perhaps one on finding spots for "breaking out" of the natural harmonization?
What is the "natural harmonization", though?
What you showed is pretty smooth in my ears (and a great base), but I often struggle to add more "spice". Keep up your good work!
the best one hands down but can u show use how to make simple leads in a chord progession
I found a very interesting reharmonization. Since there's no B in the melody (nor Bb) we can assume that the melody is actually in F major (or C mixolydian). But, since the melody starts on a G, which is the 2nd degree of F major, I found out it's not a very nice starting note, so I made a modulation: the harmony starts in A minor (which have the same notes of C major) but ends in F major with a bunch of secondary dominants in between. It ended being like this:
| Am7 / Em7 / | Bm7(b5) / E7 / | Am7 / | D7 / | G7 C7 F / |
It came out with a very interesting flavour
Hiting that first note instantly reminded me of The Black Parade.
I learned a lot from this video thank you. What harmonies did Handel use for this piece of music? Samuel
Thank You
You're welcome.
hi nice videos I find it very interesting by ur videos I feel I can learn many things.....I have a question for you....can u please make a video on scale practice rather than playing up the piano and down the piano....something like playing the scales like melodically
THis what baffles me about music theory in general and how music works .
02:30
Your holding the c major chord , until the you hit the note ....and something sounds a bit off .
I totally agree with you on that ,yet the D could still be part of the c major chord in the form off and add 2 or c sus 2
The idea is to *first* find the *most basic* chord that fits, using Tonic, Sub-dominant, or Dominant. In the key of C, you could chose C, F, or G (or G7). *After* that, you would add or substitute chords as needed.
Chord tones and non chord tones are what we need to know about and of course the ear is a determining factor here and the ability to hear what is in the bass all the way to the top note in the melody line. However, there are other ways of harmonizing melodies that use other means rather than triads. As if the triad were the penultimate thing in music which is only part of the dilemma of what to use to harmonize a melody. You used a functional diatonic solution and of course there are solutions about what you want to use but where does it come from and where its going is dependent on certain rules of harmony and counterpoint. Counterpoint is not mentioned at all in most of the videos I have seen. So what would we do otherwise? What what we do otherwise.
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thnax for this video It is very helpful for me because i was very confused which chord to use & plese explain when 7th , dim, aug, chords to use
Search for my two videos on "Diminished chords demystified" and "Augmented chords demystified".
Hello Sir. Thank you for opening my eyes... Anyway, is there a formula for taking a melody note as a fifth of the chord? G to Cmaj? Thanks
I don't understand tip 2, is there a topic I need to go over to be able to understand it? Thanks
Which bass notes are you playing to execute the 5-2-1? It bass notes that make the 5-2-1 at 7 minutes into the video weren’t clearly identified or was confusing. Were the first two bass notes played with the left hand pinky and the last one with the left hand thumb?
these lessons are great. do you have any music or videos you'd advise listening to? thanks!
Thanks Hank. Not anything specific, really - music is a personal undertaking. This is a question only you can answer ... in terms of educational videos, I don't really have anything I use or view. I suggest you transcribe solos or pieces you enjoy from pianists you value.
like this one
Thank you for this simple approach. I have asked 2 people this week for the simplest way to play the left hand.
I want to learn some simple church choruses because I got frustrated and have put them aside. I've just been working on music with notes and nothing that is just chords. And it's not church music. I want to try the church choruses again. :)
Tamera Weeks Check out Greg Howlett's You Tube channel and website. He's wonderful.
William Wallace Thank you. I will! :)
I want to know what is the basic idea behind choosing the right chord for the melody and when do I play each chord with the melody notes?
In short, look at the melodic note you’re playing on your right hand on the main beat or impulses in the melody and play the bass note that is 1, 3, or 5 intervals BELOW the melodic note. Then build the chord from the bass note by playing the notes at 1-3-5-8 above the bass note. This rule is a bit easier to mentally execute as opposed to finding the triad chords that contain the melodic note.
Very useful Sir, thanks for this post. Please do upload a tutorial on how to figure what in one go which notes to play while playing melody. Mistakingly if we step on a wrong key then it sounds odd especially embarassing during a live performance.
Are you asking for an improvisation video?
No no, for example; if we take a particular song in which two three chords are used. How to figure out the exact lead notes or keys which are to be used in that particular melody to be played with right hand. Hope u got it Sir ☺
The bass note in the chord tells you what key you are playing in at the time. The scale in that given key determines which notes can be played on the right hand. Any notes you hit that are in the given scale will sound good, even if the note diverts from the main melody.
nice
Then you play jazz and this falls to pieces :P
Lmao. Am I the only one noticing the cat there and the subtitles “meow”
😂 at @8:45
Saw the cat and subtitle but was more concern about the cat tap dancing and playing the drums beat @ 8:57.
Luis Diaz 😂😂😂 I have a feeling cat was hungry and attempted to rip off some cat food bag out there!!😂😂😂
Thank you for these tips. Question. You used the 2-5-1 progression to play the 2 chord before the 5 chord and it worked. Also the 6-2-5 (part of the 6-2-5-1) progression worked. Are these the standard progressions to determine passing chords for all songs? For example if I wanted to find a chord that leads up to the 2 chord in a song will the 6 chord always work? And if so is there a chord that leads up to the 6 chord?
There is no single answer, but trying the 6 before the 2 is definitely one of the first things you'd go for. Sometimes you want the opposite - something "odd" that doesn't sound like a textbook example, so you'd go for some unexpected chord. There are no rules, only suggestions.
@@MangoldProject 4152637 … fifths… you used a ‘reverse’, partial, progression of fifths.
Hey can I send you an audio track and u find the chords and melody for it . I'll pay. But I would like it as a midi file
finally thank you so much now can you make a one more advanced
The "more advanced" one would be about reharmonization. I have a few of those (look for "Chord Substitutions" on my channel).
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how do you play the main melody on it's own ?
How can I play these chords using f# I mean the black keys together with the rest of the keys
Could you do a piano tutorial on a Chas and Dave song if you know them, there aren't any tutorials on TH-cam for them
Unfortunately I do cannot do specific songs due to copyright issues on TH-cam.
3:50 classical version of the lick
Lots of piano learning video i watch but your explanations is absolutely amazing. I think every one can understand very easily. Which is not found in most of other videos.. I do believe those piano learner follow you they must be benefited..... Thanks a lot. More one thing.. Could you please give me your fb i d. I would like to add with you.
I like the way your cat walked by and looked up at you. "What are you doing up there?" lol
I have more than one! Consider them my Easter eggs :)
helo Sir,
i love to play piano
but its geting hard
i cant find how to start my
practice i know major minior scale,chords
intervals scale degree
my hands not geting coordination
how to i start my practice routine
please kindly help me.
sincerely Prashanth
thank you
Look for my "5 Simple Piano Exercises" video.
So detailed but something i don't get is, how we choose the order of chord to be played like
C, A, F, or maybe F,C,A. And another thing when the chord can be played as pattern (rythmic)
or as single or octave notes?
Are you asking how you choose the VOICING or the CHORD? Because CAF and FCA are the same chord, only inverted.
My question refers to THE ORDER i mean which chord its played first then second and so on. As for the second question when the chords can be played in rythmic way or pattern ???
A similar approach is to look at the melodic note you’re playing on your right hand on the main beat or impulses in the melody and play the bass note that is 1, 3, or 5 intervals BELOW the melodic note. This rule is a bit easier to mentally execute as opposed to finding the triad chords that contain the melodic note. As for the chord progressions (asked in one of the viewer comments), there is no need to memorize the progressions because they naturally come about and arise from simply responding to whatever notes are played in the melody using the above rule. :-)
I was not prepared to be G-noted at 0:52 and I never even went through that phase lol
the cat :'D