Makes sense.
It's right there on the lead sheet.
But the chord printed above the melody is a workable choice, not necessarily your only choice.
That's where chord substitution comes in.
Maybe you already know chord substitution is a thing, but when you're actually sitting at the harp with a lead sheet, you're not quite sure what to substitute. Or where. Or why one choice works and another doesn't.
In Swap It Out, we'll keep it practical.
We'll explore a small toolkit of easy, diatonic chord substitutions you can actually hear, play, and begin to recognize in other tunes.
You'll hear what happens when we swap a chord, play the change along with me, and learn just enough of the “why” to understand what you're hearing.
Because the chord on the page can be a perfectly good answer.
It just doesn't have to be the only answer.