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Paulie Phonick · Post by **Paulie Phonick** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:29 pm

Urgent help needed! I'm trying to create a piano improvisation part for a jazzy-hiphopish version of "HappyBirthday2U" for a friend's birthday, but I can't figure out chords that would sound right and fit the melody. The standard chords for the tune are basic non-7th major chords (G-B-D, F#-A-D, G-C-E), but they lack those rich jazzy harmonies I'm after. I've tried modifying them by dimnishing or augmenting, adding 6ths, 9ths and stuff, but they no longer fit the melody...

So - anybody knows what substitute chords could be used instead of those three?

Thanks in advance!

Toonyfish · Post by **Toonyfish** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:40 pm

I'm no harmony expert but if I may.... Just look for chords that share common tones with the melody note. You could even make the melody note be the 7th or the 9th or something like that. Hope that helps a bit.

Toonyfish

Moritz Morpheus MkIII · Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:44 pm

paulie, I love your sig.!!!

Paulie Phonick · Post by **Paulie Phonick** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:48 pm

That sig shows that people with the same problems actually exist

jdg · Post by **jdg** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:50 pm

http://calskp.50megs.com/midis/HapBir.mid

Moritz Morpheus MkIII · Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:54 pm

Paulie Phonick wrote:That sig shows that people with the same problems actually exist

yes.

sort of..my cat sometimes sleeps in the back of my fender-amp..so..note to myself: get cat´s ass out of the amp before switching on!

Paulie Phonick · Post by **Paulie Phonick** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:10 pm

Thanks for the link jdg! That answers my question quite well

Jazzy substitutes for basic major chords?