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JZ/POP/EM THEORY
S2 WEEK 1
 TOPICS COVERED
• General Review of Chord
Families
• Introduction to
Reharmonization
• Menu of Chord Choices
 Review of CFs

1. Full Stack
2. Forms & Alternate variants
3. Upper structure triads, Multiple
shapes
4. Scale sources
Introduction to Reharmonization
1. Basic Reharmonization:
Use of chromatic harmony
No change in tonality
2. Advanced Reharmonization:
Ambiguous tonal centre
Linearly designed- led by outer lines, usually
melody and bass line.
 MENU OF CHORD CHOICES
• Major 7ths with extensions
• Dominant 7ths with extensions and
alterations
• Polychord voicings of V7s
• Minor 7ths with extensions
• Minor 7(b5) with extensions and alterations
MENU OF CHORD CHOICES
• Slash Chords
• Sus 4, Sus 4 (V7) with
extensions
• Sus b9
• Minor 11th shape
• Dim 7th Slash chord
BASIC REHARMONIZATION
• Reharmonizing V as II – V
• Tritone Substitution
• Reharmonizing Minor chords
• Reharmonizing V chords
• Reharmonizing I chords
• Adding Chromatic Approach chords
Reharmonizing V as II – V
Tritone Substitution

*Tritone Sub
Tritone Substitution II-V

*TS of Eb7
II V
 Harmonizing Minor Chords

Substitution Min 6th for Min 7th

Creating a Descending Minor Bass line
Using Half-diminished chords
Reharmonizing V Chords- Adding complexity
 Reharmonizing I Chords

Using the I Lydian (#11)

 Reharmonizing I Chords
Using the I Lydian Augmented (#11, #5)
 Reharmonizing I Chords
Substituting I with Raised I/ bII
 TS

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