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33.90Connection to arranging simple melodies

Take any simple tune.

Choose one long melody note.

Instead of changing melody:

reharmonize it three times underneath.

For example, if melody = G:

C major: 5.

E♭: 3.

A♭: maj7.

D♭maj7♯11: ♯11.

The melody has not moved.

But its emotional meaning has changed four times.

This is one of the most sophisticated transformation tools you now have.