Even though what you play in Figure 9-4 only uses two voices playing three
notes, both melody and harmony are present. You can look at it also as being
really two melodies: one melody being played with the upper register (G, F
sharp, G) and the other being played with the lower set of notes (C, C, B).There is also a suggestion of full chords implied by these intervals. Try the
obvious first (Figure 9-5).But with a little knowledge of chords and a sense of melody (or a little experi-
mental mucking around), you could come up with something like Figure 9-6.&
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C Ebdim
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Figure 9-6: Em
A less
obvious set
of chords
implied by
the melody.&
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C D7
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G
Figure 9-5:
Perhaps
the most
obvious set
of chords
implied by
the melody.&
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Figure 9-4:
Our melody,
now har-
monized into
the key of
G major.
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