Berklee modification theory

The 'Harmonic universe' by David Berkman

 

Danny boy

Versions

• Bill Evans
• George Benson
• Keirh Jarret
• Jacob Collier Plays Danny Boy In 18 Increasingly Complex Emotions

 

Reharmonisations

• Reharmonisations on guitar (pdf)

Videos:

Colourtones

Countermelody

Mixed intervals

Open strings

Secondary dominants 

Secondary domianants and sub V's

Melody in the bass

 

• Line cliches and secondary dominants (pdf)

Audio:

Line cliches major

Line cliches minor

Line cliches and sec.dominants      

 

• With upperstructures, audio

 

Abide with me

• II-V reharmonisation procedure
• Hank Jones version
• Reharmonisation for choir
• Only melody
• With colourtones

 

Silent night

Worksheets (pdf)

• I,IV,V
• Seventh chords
• Diatonic subs
• Secondary dominants
• Secondary dominants with tensions
• Passing chords

Worksheets (Sibelius) Zipfile

 

Auld Lang syne

Worksheets (pdf)

• Only melody
• Basic chords following the dna of the melody
• Modification and other 7th chords
• Secondary dominants
• Extreme secondary dominants

Worksheets (Sibelius) zipfile

 

Ludwig rocks the 9th

• Worksheet
• Results
• Audio examples:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

 

Reharmonisation of Jazz tunes

• Basic reharmonization in Jazztunes (pdf)
• Basic reharmonization (summary)
• Reharmonization (2)
• Reharmonisation tools for Jazzstandards (pdf),  Youtube

The b9 interval in voicings

• Part 1
• Part 2

 

Piano arrangement tools

• Pdf
• Audio

Different voicing techniques

• Close and open voicings, pdf, audio
• Drop 3 embellishment, pdf, audio
• Drop 2 and 4 embellishment, pdf, audio

 

 

A video about reharmonising an Ed Sheeran song ('extreme fusion reharmonization'), (PDF)