Songwriting and reharmonization are two important skills that go together. This video shows how to start with a simple chord progression and turn it into a colorful and sophisticated piece of music.

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I use the example of Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind". We look at the harmony of this successful song and strip it down to its easy to understand skeleton. Then we retrace the steps to turn these simple chords into the sophisticated progression of the final song.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Overview
1:41 Skeleton
4:00 Preceding Dominant
13:50 Backdoor Progression
16:00 iiV Progressions
18:55 Don't Overdo It
21:00 Chromatic Approach & Tritone Substitution
25:45 Summary

You can find the original recording of "New York State of Mind" on Amazon:
https://amzn.to/2AGxuMS

Sheet music can be found in this Hal Leonard songbook of Billy Joel's original album:
https://amzn.to/2CdI9im

Part 2 of this video:
   • From Simple to Complex Harmony (2) – ...