Single Notes to Chords

JimmyK · #1 09-21-2011, 10:10 AM

I have a song of single notes and would like to convert some to chords. Are there specific guidelines for figuring this out?

Thanks

M-ster · #2 09-24-2011, 02:42 PM

I'll bet if you posted a PDF of the melody, you'd get a bazillion harmonizations ... Then you could ask why was this or that harmony chosen.

brwnhornet59 · #3 09-24-2011, 03:31 PM

I'm in!!!

JimmyK · #4 09-25-2011, 12:23 PM

First, Thanks for the video with Steve Allen and Bill Evans. It is inspiring and educational.

As far as a pdf, I have none. What I do have are sounds bouncing around in my brain, that I can get pieces of, on guitar, and I wanted to get chords attached to some of them and hopefully expand to a real live tune. Then maybe add some words, maybe not! I like the dissonance, but can't find the chords and thought there was some methodology to achieving that.

That said, any and all suggestions are welcome.

Regards,

jimmy

brwnhornet59 · #5 09-25-2011, 02:21 PM

Well we would like to see the lines. Perhaps you could write it out on the site's tabs?

M-ster · #6 09-26-2011, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by brwnhornet59

Well we would like to see the lines. Perhaps you could write it out on the site's tabs?

... Or provide an .mp3 of what you do have?

JimmyK · #7 09-26-2011, 07:33 AM

Gentlemen, you are going to have to be patient! While I have been playing guitar for a long time, navigating this site is a new experience along with pdf's, mp3's and/or sites tabs, wherever that is. Think I'll investigate the pdf approach. This stuff may all be academic for you but not me; so as us older guys say, "Hold on to your horses".

brwnhornet59 · #8 09-26-2011, 10:53 AM

Hey Jimmy, when you start a post click, " go advanced". There you will see a bunch of icons including tab and guitar chord schematics. When you click on them you have to put in a number, which refers to how many templates will appear. For some reason it never lets you do just 1. Good luck Brother!!!

M-ster · #9 09-26-2011, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmyK

Gentlemen, you are going to have to be patient! While I have been playing guitar for a long time, navigating this site is a new experience along with pdf's, mp3's and/or sites tabs, wherever that is. Think I'll investigate the pdf approach. This stuff may all be academic for you but not me; so as us older guys say, "Hold on to your horses".

Ha! Not a problem, Jimmy.

And many of us here are also "older guys."