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In today's lesson we will see how to put chords to a melody, what steps we must follow to make the accompaniment of a musical piece. Continuing with this series of videos about composition, here I show you how to create the accompaniment of a song: • How to compose the accompaniment of a... Become a member of this channel to enjoy exclusive courses and lessons: / @clasesdeguitarracomco To put chords to a melody we must follow some steps, the first thing is to identify the scale in which we are, knowing the major or minor tone in which the melody is. Then we will determine the harmonic rhythm, this refers to the number of chords that we are going to use and how long they will last, as we will see it is not necessary to harmonize all the notes, we can use one chord per bar or even one chord for several. We must understand that melody and harmony work together, they complement each other, one element depends on the other. Once we know this we start with a melodic analysis, what we will do here is see what notes are being used in the melody, with this it shows us which are the chords that best suit us to use to create the accompaniment. I hope you like this composition lesson, it complements the one about putting chords to a lyric, I hope it helps you and you are soon creating your songs. Learning to make arrangements, working with several instruments, harmonizing, is something that requires a good command of music theory, in this series of videos we are going to delve into that whole area. Resources for composing songs Learn about our online guitar and music training courses: https://clasesdeguitarra.com.co/ Buy our books: https://clasesdeguitarra.com.co/libro...