Writing Chord Progressions in Harmonic Minor [MUSIC THEORY / SONG WRITING]

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00:38 Building the Chords 01:28 Start writing! 03:26 Discussing Diminished 04:17 i-iiº 05:00 DEMO i-iiº in Minor and H.M. 05:42 iiº-V-i 06:13 More Writing! 06:58 DEMO Yngwiesque Prelude 07:48 Comparing Against Minor 09:30 DEMO H.M vs Minor in i-iv 10:06 Final Thoughts

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You need to change the WAY you think....YOu CAN PLAY WAHTEVER the HELL you want,,,,,Even if you use just the notes of the harmonic scale You can ALTER the chords...ASIDE from just stacking it EVERY OTHER NOTE The Iion #5, Phrygain dominant, and locrain b4. bb7...are also possible AUGMENTED CHORDS You can also my the Lydian #2...min. diminished, or min/Maj7 You dont have to stack it every other note. There's 9 parallel scales....you know this..you're suppose to use ALL of THEM and mix them all up...becuase just like the Natural minor you'll also get BORED of playing just the notes within the Harmonic min over and over again....even if you alter chords as from going every other note...or play those modes forward , backwards or upside down... FREE bird is in E minor......The F MAJOR chords derive from E harmonic min b2...aka N6 Even in WILD HORSE..rolling stones. .during the chorus...that b2 MAJOR chord gets inserted BYW C HUNGERIAN MAJO = E Harmonic min b5 C lydian #2, b7...incase you wanna make it C7 or A dorian b2, #4 it's like the harmonic min and melodic min got together.lmao

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