5.38Practice with "Happy Birthday"

Don't worry about reproducing a canonical harmonization yet.

Use only:

I, IV, V7

in C:

C, F, G7

Play the melody.

At important points ask:

• Does C still fit?
• Does F make sense?
• Does G7 create useful tension before returning to C?

Then add:

Am

and:

Dm

as alternatives.

The point is not to find "the answer."

It is to hear why one choice creates a different direction from another.