Reharmonizing Ode to Joy

I find it beautiful and fascinating how a melody can be changed or enhanced by an artistic choice of the underlying chords. As a study in chord choice, I spent an afternoon reharmonizing Ode to Joy. Here’s my finished product. Your browser does not support the audio element. Even though it’s really short, this was a lot of fun to work on. It was really satisfying to see how adding sevenths to…