From the course: Mandolin Lessons: 3 Simplifying Difficult Tunes

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Reharmonizing traditional melodies

Reharmonizing traditional melodies

From the course: Mandolin Lessons: 3 Simplifying Difficult Tunes

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Reharmonizing traditional melodies

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("Over The Waterfall") - Alright that's Over The Waterfall. I'm gonna now look at it differently. I'm gonna re-harmonize it, and put some different chords under those notes. So what in the world is going on there? You have this simple scale, and what we know of this tune it's, (vocalization of D notes) C, G, (vocalization of D notes) D, D, D C and G (vocalization of D notes) So it's mostly just G's and D's and a C thrown in, but when you begin to think about these notes, they belong to a lot of other chords also, this F-sharp, if you just take that much of the tune. First thing I do, is I think about, well slowing the tune down, slow enough, so that you can actually hear some of these harmonies, and take your time and place chords in different places. There's the standard places where the chords exist currently in our mind, if how we think about how this tune goes. (vocalization of D notes) It's all D right (laughs) So, if we begin to say well there could be a chord, (vocalization of…

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