Hear a different harmony

You finish with: Two versions compared; one choice kept.

Only 15 minutes? Do step 1, then stop. Listen and choose next time.

Step 1: Keep the tune, change its ground

Listen for: the same melody over a new first chord.

Tune: C · D · E · rest · G · F · E · C

Chords: C–E–G, then A–C–E.

Fig. 7. The tune over C–E–G, then over A–C–E. The two chords share C and E.

Now in FL Studio: save as FirstTrack_harmony_A.flp, replace C–E–G with A–C–E and the bass C with A, then save as FirstTrack_harmony_B.flp.

Neither chord has a compulsory emotion.

Listen for: which notes settle and which pull somewhere else.

Listen for: a melody that still feels intentional over the chords you kept.

The check: Kept one version as FirstTrack.flp, with a one-sentence reason beside it? Then you’re done.

Or stop here. Your place is kept on this device.