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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.