How to Harmonize a Major Scale – Music Theory

Would you like to be able to harmonize a major scale? Improve your keyboard harmony and learn how to easily harmonize a major scale. Being able to harmonize a major scale gives you a good feel for the key – useful for players and composers alike. Knowing how to choose chords, and knowing which chord progressions work best are the main areas covered in this music theory lesson. If you accompany singers or choirs you will often want to harmonize a major scale as part of a vocal warmup. Being able to harmonize a major scale also frees you up to compose, to sight read, or to improvise in a major key. A really useful musical skill.

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🕘 Timestamps
0:00 – Introduction to harmonizing a major scale
0:37 – Using just the primary chords
1:59 – Incorporating inversion chords
2:51 – Exploring other possible chords
3:50 – Becoming more adventurous with the harmony
4:51 – Working through semitone modulations

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