A Beginner's Guide to Four-Part Harmony - Music Theory

Beginner's guide to four-part harmony. This music theory lesson explains the basics of how to write four-part harmony to fit with a given melody. Often people can write a tune they are happy with but they are not sure which chords to use and how to write those chords. This video provides a step by step guide through the basics of how to do this. You will soon be choosing chords that work really well with your melodies and learning how to choose the chords that sound good.

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🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to four-part harmony
0:54 - Getting the basic triads
2:45 - Which chords can you use?
6:13 - Thinking about cadences
10:05 - Chord options
13:14 - Deciding which chord to have
15:13 - Writing in the notes
19:14 - Chord inversions
26:42 - What does it all sound like?

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