Study Kit No 7

Morning Has Broken

Level 4
Reharmonization Study Kit No. 7

Morning Has Broken

Author: Rosablanca Suen

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 Level 4 Morning Has Broken
Reharmonization Study Kit No. 7 By Rosablanca Suen

Morning Has Broken

Level 4
Minor Chord Substitutions
Using Circle of 5ths

[ ii7, iii7, vi7 ]

Reharmonization Rule 4:

Learn the rules of Circle of 5ths to add in Minor 7 Chord

Substitutions. You will learn many common jazzy chord
progressions that are found in standards and popular songs.

Step 1: Add in ii7 before V7
ii7 V7 I

Key of C

Chord Progression: Dm7 G7 C

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Step 2: Add in vi7 before ii7
vi7 ii7 V7 I

Chord Progression: Am7 Dm7 G7 C

Step 3: Add in iii7 before vi7
iii7 vi7 ii7 V7 I

Chord Progression: Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 C

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Song Application:

Chord Diagram of basic chords to “Morning Has Broken”:

1 C C G7 G7 F C
2 C C C G7 G7 G7
3 C F F C C G7
4 G7 C F G7 C C

Step 1: Add Dm7 before G7

1
2
3
4

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Answer:

Vid
07Lev0401

1 C C Dm7 G7 F C
2 C C C G7 Dm7 G7
3 C F F C C Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Line 1: Bar 3: Dm7

Dm7 before G7

Line 2: Bar 5: Dm7

Dm7 before G7

Line 3: Bar 6: Dm7

G7 is in the next bar

Line 4: Bar 4: Dm7

Dm7 before G7

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Step 2: Add Am7 before Dm7

1 C C Dm7 G7 F C
2 C C C G7 Dm7 G7
3 C F F C C Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Homework:

Try putting in Am7 before Dm7

1
2
3
4

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Answer:

Vid
07Lev0402

1 C Am7 Dm7 G7 F C
2 C C C G7 Dm7 G7
3 C F F C Am7 Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Line 1: Bar 2: Am7

The melody tone C works.
Beautiful chord progression 1625
C Am7 Dm7 G7

Line 3: Bar 5: Am7

The melody tone C works.
Beautiful chord progression 16251
C Am7 Dm7 G7 C

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Step 3: Add Em7 before Am7

1 C Am7 Dm7 G7 F C
2 C C C G7 Dm7 G7
3 C F F C Am7 Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Homework:

Try putting in Em7 before Am7

1
2
3
4

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Answer:

Vid
07Lev0403

1 C Am7 Dm7 G7 F C
2 C Em7 Am7 Dm11 G7 G7
3 C F F Em7 Am7 Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Notice how substituting Line 2 Bar 2 with Em7 makes it

possible for us to change the whole progression in Line 2:

Line 2: Bar 2 Em7

The melody tone is G.
Can substitute Em7 for C.

Line 2: Bar 3 Am7

Originally we had a C here.
Since Bar 2 Em7 can be inserted,
we can follow the Circle of 5ths to
substitute the next chord as Am7
The melody tone A fits perfectly.

Next question: Can we then change the

next chord in the next bar to Dm?
(Because we don’t want to have 2 Dm
chords in a row.)

Line 2: Bar 4 Dm11

The melody tone G makes this Dm11.

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Line 2: Bar 5 G7

The G7 here is right at the end of

musical phrase so it fits perfectly.

Tip: Beautiful chord progression:

C Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7
Follows the Circle of 5ths

Line 2: Bar 6 G7
We can choose to do some turnaround
in this empty measure to lead to the
next music phrase B.

Line 3: Bar 4 Em7

Melody tone is G therefore can sub Em7
for C.

Tip: Beautiful chord progression that

follows to Line 4: Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7
Follows the Circle of 5ths

Look what happened – we managed to put in 2

chord progressions using the Circle of 5ths
starting with Em7. Isn’t this great?

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We started off with simple basic chords like this:

1 C C G7 G7 F C
2 C C C G7 G7 G7
3 C F F C C G7
4 G7 C F G7 C C

3 Steps in Level 4 brought us to the following chord

progression:

1 C Am7 Dm7 G7 F C
2 C Em7 Am7 Dm11 G7 G7
3 C F F Em7 Am7 Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Compare the 2 chord diagrams. We are only at Level 4

putting in minor chord substitutions, and already the
arrangement of “Morning Has Broken” is dressed up with
beautiful bass lines moving in 5ths following the Circle
movement.

Tip: Normally when we do chord substitutions,

start working from G7 backwards with the substitutions
but in this song, we found a Circle of 5ths progression
in Line 2 from Em7. When you become good at this,
you can work either backwards or forward. Working
backwards is much easier. And in this song, I show
you how you can work from Em7 instead of from G7.
Both directions work as you get better at this.

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Step 4: Combine Level 3 with Level 4

Level 3: Minor Chord Substitution

1 C Am Dm G7 F C
2 C Em Am G7 Dm G7
3 C F F C Am Dm
4 G7 C Dm G7 C C

Level 4: Minor Chord Substitution

1 C Am7 Dm7 G7 F C
2 C Em7 Am7 Dm11 G7 G7
3 C F F Em7 Am7 Dm7
4 G7 C F Dm7 G7 C C

Combining both Levels:

1 C Am7 Dm7 G7 F C
2 C Em7 Am7 Dm11 G7 G7
3 C F F Em7 Am7 Dm7
4 G7 C Dm G7 C C

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Chord Movement Diagram:

Here is the chord movement diagram to help you see clearly

how chords move when minor chord substitutions are put in.
The minor chord substitutions are put in red while the basic
chords are in black.

Am7 Dm7 G7
C G7 F C
1 Morning has broken, like the first morning

Em7 Am7 Dm11 G7

G7
2 Blackbird has spo - ken, like the first song.

Em7 Am7 Dm7

C F C G7
3 Praise for the sunlight, praise for the sun - shine,

G7 Dm
C F G7 C
4 Praise for this New Day, God gives to you.

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Here is a variation done by my student:

Here is another way you can use the minor chord

substitutions for this song. Notice that the rules are followed
regarding chord substitutions and chord movement, but the
arrangement is different when different minor chords are
used.

1 C6 Am7 Dm7 G9 Em7 F CM7

2 Am7 Em7 F Dm11 Dm7 G9 Dm7 G7

3 Em7 Am7 F Am7 Dm7 G9

4 G6 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G9 C* C

Line 4: Bar 5: C*
C chromatic notes going up

Chord Movement Diagram:

C6 Am7 Dm7 G9 Em7 CM7

C G7 F C
1 Morning has bro ken, like the first morning

Am7 Em7 F Dm11 Dm7 G9 Dm7 G7

G7
2 Blackbird has spo - ken, like the first song.

Em7 Am7 F Am7 Dm7 G9

C F C G7
3 Praise for the sun light, praise for the sun - shine,

G6 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G9 C~

C F G7 C
4 Praise for this New Day, God gives to you.

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Homework: Try out your own variations of minor chord

substitutions using the Circle of 5ths movement.

Variation A:

1
2
3
4

Variation B:

1
2
3
4

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