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Mike Pope gave a talk about radically reharmonizing music. I've talked to Mike a few times before (mostly in the Fodera shop), but this was the first time I had ever heard him really expound on music.
What he did was to take two notes (one treble and one bass). Then start to move the bass note in an orderly progression (say, diatonic) down, and then play a treble chord on top of it that includes the initially chosen chord.
For example, take high C and low C in the key of C (just to keep things simple). Right off the bat, you can play Cmaj on top of the low C. Move the low C down a half step to B, and the top chord becomes B9. A whole step drop (A) changes the chord to A-7. And so on.
But the main thing to keep foremost in mind when doing this exercise is to keep melody as the primary item. Harmonies must be subordinate to the melody.
Posted by Casper at October 16, 2004 02:14 PM