Timeline for Confusion about intervals in chromatic VS diatonic scales
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| Jan 6, 2017 at 15:13 | comment | added | Tim | If you've read anything I've written, you'll appreciate that I believe practical stuff comes WELL before theory. Trouble with theory is a lot of people will grab a bit, and run with it, making their own next bit up as they go. Seen it too many times! Then, it's back to the drawing board. Ears are the best judges, every time. You need to listen to two part harmony - Everly Bros springs to mind (and countless others), and try singing each part. Then, it'll make more sense, I hope. | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 15:08 | comment | added | Mr. Boy | Yeah but I don't have natural harmony skills (yet) whereas if I had a harmony score to follow it'd help. Working out an obvious harmony on paper knowing the melody seemed a sensible idea to try and tie theory and practice together, | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 14:58 | comment | added | Tim | Harmonies often, but not always, work in thirds. Sometimes a third above a note won't give the right sounding harmony, ans let's face it, not all melodies are ripe for harmonising with. If you try to harmonise in thirds, then don't concern about maj/min., just use the 'next but one' note in that key. Won't always work. You seem to be getting bogged down in theory. Use your ears instead. Theory, as has been said many times, tries to explain what's happened, in order to enlighten those coming behind. You're trying too hard!! | |
| Jan 6, 2017 at 14:43 | comment | added | Mr. Boy | I thought I understood this better but then I was looking at a song melody line. Song is in D, this phrase the chords are just G, A, G, D over the top of melody A B D-D..., A B D-E.... That's uncomfortable for my range so I thought I'd find a harmony a 3rd up. Immediately I was lost. Move each note two 'spaces' up the D-Major scale? Up 2 spaces in the scale of the underlying chord? Up 4 semitones? Maybe this should be a separate question or edited into the original Q? | |
| Dec 29, 2016 at 19:06 | history | answered | Tim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |