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Lesson 2

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Extending the Length of the Piece

We've come so far in transforming our original piece to this version, we can't stop now! Let's try and extend the length of our composition. We can do that by slightly varying our harmony and rhythm.

Varying the Harmony

First let's examine our harmony. As we discussed in our first Composition 101 lesson, we are using the chords C Major, d minor and G Major for our harmony. If you look again at the chart below, you will see that there are several other chords that can be found in the C Major scale.

We have yet to use the e minor, F Major , a minor or b diminished chords. We will save the diminished chord for later examples, so for now, let's look at the e minor, F Major, and a minor chords.

As we've discussed in our harmony section, relative minor chords play a big role in Major scales. The relative minor chord is important because any melody that works with a Major chord will also work with its relative minor chord. They have a similar sound yet they feel slightly different from each other. We will use this quality to our advantage.

Relative Minor Cords

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