How to Harmonize a Song!
To understand Harmony, you must first understand Intervals. After you write the melody, use intervals (usually within the key signature) to give it a hip feel. Harmony can be in intervals of fifths, fourths, sevenths, outside the key, inside, etc. The thing is – anything goes!
What are Intervals?
Intervals are the distances between two notes. So the distance from C to A is an interval of a sixth – because A is 6 notes away from C (C-D-E-F-G-A). So when Harmonizing a song, if the notes are C-F-A, then you can still keep those notes, but just add to them by simply building double stops, etc. off of them. So to add the notes E-A-C on top of C-F-A would sound neat – and still keep the melody!
The most well known Harmonized songs are the beginning of Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl“, and the Bridge to Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam“.
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you say adding E A C on top of C F A would sound good… why? What exactly are you doing there? What kind of pattern?
E A C are the third intervals of C F A respectively.
E A C
C F A
notice how when E is on top of C it creates a C major chord in harmony of a third.
playing these in order create a neat sound. Make sense?
Yeah it makes sense. I am really understand things clearly now. Your lessons are great. I have a long way to go, but it is just a matter of time.
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