ScotchDave Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Evening all, just been listening to some music, and I got thinking about harmony and I've somehow got interested, so, can someone please explain how it works and how to do it, wanna try it on some music I have lying about.Thanks David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benno Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 (edited) What do you mean? You want to write a harmony for a melody? If so it's not that hard to get, you play the same pattern, but moved in the scale. Like say we're in A minor (no sharps or flats to worry about)....Harmonised in 2nds (Will sound dissonant and a bit wrong)Melody: A B C D C D B AHarmony: B C D E D E C BHarmonised in 3rds (Sounds like iron maiden, or most emo guitar harmony)Melody: A B C D C D B AHarmony: C D E F E F D CThat's pretty much it, using different intervals between the melody and the harmony makes different sounds.4ths sounds evil/egyptian5ths sounds 'full'6ths are just backwards 3rds, so it'll sound 'iron maiden' again, you get quite a nice effect by changing from 3rds to 6ths.7ths are backwards 2ndsHope that helps EDIT: I realise that assumes you know some theory already, if you want a bit of a fuller explanation just ask Edited March 10, 2006 by benno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotchDave Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Cool, that helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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