how to harmonise a melody like a romantic composer

knowing how to add chromaticism in harmony is a tool every composer should be aware of. in this video we'll be exploring a few different methods of doing so by harmonising a simple melodic extract.

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melody fragment taken from 300 texts et réalisations - RAYNAUD Jean-Claude.

[anled.composition]

Amazing how a few chromaticisms move the melody somewhere else !

[ethangrieshop]

It almost feels like you started in the early romantic period like with Beethoven and moved into a later romantic style with this line, ultimately sounding more Schumann-esque

[adam.r]

This video is incredible! The style is straightforward and clear. More please???

[sova]

This is crazy useful! I definitely struggle with harmonising from a given melody, especially in a romantic style, but this is super clear. Thanks for all the help :)

[andrewcass]

A lot of this went over my head, but I really enjoyed just listening to the changes and hearing you explain them. Thanks for broadening my musical palate!

[TheAsianTree]

Am I the only one who loves the first one? Tbf, I love the classical styles of Mozart, Haydn, and Paganini to death, and that cadential 6/4 felt very homey and nostalgic.

[jackaguirre]

I actually enjoyed the example at 1:14 the most, with the suspension and appoggiatura in the Violin II. That first suspension is beautiful.

[uufruity]

Beginner pianist here! This was so impressive to watch as you build up a simple romantic melody to something even more beautiful and interesting! It truly makes me fall in love with classical (romantic-era) music all over again :)

[starkeeper]

You're a great source for quick, easy-to-digest music content. As a fellow composer, stuff like this is incredibly useful when it comes to opening into deeper study and utilising techniques like this in my own writing! Like man, I could've adapted some of these ideas when I was working on my symphony!

[artieghatavi]

Great video. After you added the interrupted cadence I was screaming at the screen "that doesn't sound resolved anymore!! AGH" which I suppose is the point :) . Interesting food for thought in my own improvisation.

[leonardo.labrada]

I loved it! It feels like you switched on/off the Brahms plugin

[jea]

love this video. had the feeling of a painting tutorial. please do more videos in this style, taking concepts from classical music and explaining them clearly by applying them in a composition

[alecrechtiene]

This kind of video makes you realize how similar Romantic composers are to Jazz.

[dantrizz]

I've started learning to compose properly recently and this is like the perfect thing for me to find.
Thank you

[nvwthit]

Love it. Examples of music theory in motion like this light that fire in me while I build up my piano technique before continuing with my composition work. Subbed.

[MusicAbsum]

Great video, concepts are very nicely explained👏👏

[carlosmendez]

Thank you for playing the examples several times it really helped me understand what you were doing. ❤

[MapleSnoople]

That was a really interesting watch! As a fellow Singaporean, I could also recognise your Singaporean accent immediately 😂

[jtbasener]

This has been inspirational to my own compositional art. Thank you!

[johnaue]

Thank you for providing such well-laid out and clear examples of harmonic possibilities. I liked the point made about not necessarily using everything!