I’ve been having problems finding the right chords for melodies, same whith chord progression.
#How do you harmonize a melody
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rough goblet
first, identify what kind of form this melody takes. if it is a "theme" rather than a hymn tune, its worth considering where there are repeats and whatnot
have you got a melody you are looking at atm
finite pilot
So I find a lot of melodies tend to point towards a certain set of chords (though you can choose to harmonise things in a different way, there's often a fairly basic progression that's implied that you can then expand on)
The trick is finding out what they are - I tend to start by looking at the starts and ends of phrases, these are often 1, 5 or sometimes 4 chords, and once you've got those nailed down you can see how they start connecting. A big part of it is knowing in a melody what notes are chord tones vs. passing tones. This is complex, and depends on musical style, but can help point you in the right direction
sturdy shale
Also, try hearing it in your head. You don’t have to be able to audiate the chords themselves necessarily, but take note of what parts of the song feel like they should have restful harmony vs tense harmony and to what extent. That can help point you vaguely in the right direction initially. Then you can zero in on what chords specifically will give you level of tension/restfulness that the music needs at that moment.
arctic bay
A bit trick is to realize that chords are when you have multiple simultaneous pitches, and when you have a pitch that moves you have a melody, so chord progressions are when you have multiple simultaneous melodies that fuse together
harmonizing a melody is adding more melodies to it that dont steal the main melody's spotlight but do give it support
blazing quiver
I have nothing of substance to add to these answers (nothing that'd improve or add to their points, at least), but the 8bit man himself has touched on it in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_DRXroYaj4&t=959s
Though the video mostly elaborates on "here's a melody, what chords do they imply," using these techniques alongside an understanding of functional harmony and which chords share functions with one another (even outside of the home key) can put everything into practice relatively easily.
It'll at least get you to a lead-sheet, from where you can mess around and decide how you want to express the harmony you've created.
