There is no rule that says that the melody must be played in the right hand and chords must be played in the left..
Category Archive: Composition & Improvisation
Here is a variation of the previous scale tone idea with suspended resolutions in measures 4 and 8…
Although we are calling this a scale tone melody, notice how many of the scale tones are also chord tones…
Let’s play a melody using nothing but chord tones…
Let’s change the time signature from 4/4 to 3/4 and notice the nice lilt that three-ness gives to the piece…
Let’s shift the melodic contour to start on the next higher chord tone E, while preserving the exact same rhythm…
Changing the Tonality from C Major to C Minor transforms this piece from bright and happy to dark and sad…
Articulations have a huge effect on the mood of a piece…
Changing Registers is a very effective way to change the mood of a piece…
Here is the original melody with an Alberti Bass, a simple, but beautiful way to define the harmony while keeping the time flowing…