Quick Win #21

Harmonizing with Major Pentatonic Scales

Here's a quick summary of the main takeaways from this Quick Win!

  • you may use all of the 3 Major Pentatonic scales to harmonize a line on any Church Mode
  • the emotional character of the harmonized version will change slightly
  • the real fun starts when you combine smaller fragments from the 3 different versions

Advice

In the video, we are showing full bars from the various harmonized examples. You can also pick smaller elements, like beats. The advantage is that you'll stay on top of your decision-making and in control of everything.