Songwriting and reharmonization are two important skills that go together. This video shows how to start with a simple chord progression and turn it into a colorful and sophisticated piece of music.
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I use the example of Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind". We look at the harmony of this successful song and strip it down to its easy to understand skeleton. Then we retrace the steps to turn these simple chords into the sophisticated progression of the final song.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Overview
1:41 Skeleton
4:00 Preceding Dominant
13:50 Backdoor Progression
16:00 ii-V Progressions
18:55 Don't Overdo It
21:00 Chromatic Approach & Tritone Substitution
25:45 Summary
You can find the original recording of "New York State of Mind" on Amazon:
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Sheet music can be found in this Hal Leonard songbook of Billy Joel's original album:
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Part 2 of this video:
• From Simple to Complex...
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