You Can Think About Melodies Harmonically, Too

In this video I take a look at different ways a melody can evoke the sound of a chord or progression, and how that might be used to great effect using the soundtrack of Kirby's Block Ball for the Gameboy as an example.

0:00 - Intro
1:17 - How Can a Melody Spell Out a Chord
2:24 - Triad+1
3:49 - 2 chord tones + passing tone
6:00 - Melody implying alternate harmony
10:20 - Melody implying extended harmony
11:27 - Melody implying chord progression
14:24 - Melodic Pivot Notes
15:54 - FINAL CHALLENGE
18:39 - Outro

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