LESSON 1 TASK 1
In order to establish the opening chord of C major, I altered the first two acapella notes on the upbeat from a D and an A to a C and a G, which creates an open 5th chord. When the piano chord comes in, the melody lands on a C to compliment the Cmajor chord. The second chord is a D minor chord in 2nd inversion, meaning that the root note of the chord is A, not D. Although the original melody lands on a F, which in theory would compliment the Dminor chord, I swapped it for a step down to E as the D minor inversion lasts for one beat, and therefore the F acts as a passing note to the E that is the 5th degree of the A minor chord. This works since the inversion of the D minor chord has a root note of A, which remains the same for the following chord of Aminor. I took out the 5th degree of some of the 7th and 9th chords to make it sound less messy and crowded.

LESSON 1 TASK 2

I determined that the key was in D major, which is the chord that I continuously returned to every other bar. I came to this conclusion as the main long sustained note is an A, the dominant of D major. I knew that the key was not in A minor, since a F sharp shortly appears in the following bar. I used various inversions of the chords especially for the repeated ones like D major or to simply make it easier for the piano player so that the chords don’t jump around too much.

Chords used ; D major , G maj 9 , D major , Gmin7, D major , G maj 7, E minor second inversion, A major, G major, g minor, d Major2nd inver, d major