LAST MONTH, WE explored techniques for harmonizing a melody, by starting with a single-note line and adding three additional ones above it, using the same rhythmic phrasing. The result was four individual "stacked" lead lines playing in harmony. This month, we’ll look at another melodic line, this one based on a different scale, and add two harmony lines above it, resulting in three single-note lines.
As you recall, the technique we used previously was this: whatever the first note of the melody was, the first harmony line would start a 3rd higher within the related scale, and the following notes would all be diatonic, meaning they would stay within the intervallic structure of the scale. Last month’s melody was based on the E Dorian mode (E, F#, G, A, B,…
