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Hi Guys,

Today, we will further our approach with simple harmonisation of a melody.

Again, we will use two easy to remember guitar chord shapes: The minor7b5 and the diminished 7th.

But, first let’s look at a useful concept when the melody has 1 whole step to harmonise.

Above, we can see how melodically this harmonisation falls easily into place.

This in turn is also a useful tool for sequences as it can be replicated:

Another and more common voicing for the minor 7th chord [in this case Em7] is this voicing:

From this shape it is also very easy to create a cadence:

Another concept from this is to repeat the melody note in three different chord voicings.

Now, lets look at a simple chord shape that’s easy to play and to remember on the 2nd string of the guitar.

This is the minor 7 b5 shape which moves easily for melodies starting on the 2nd string: Let’s take this simple melody:

Now, we will harmonise each note with the minor7b5 shape:

Finally, we will mix all of this together by harmonising a simple D minor arpeggio.

Here is a variation ending with a D minor 11 chord:

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