20 Harmonisations of the opening phrase to 'Misty'

In this lesson, we'll look at 20 ways you can harmonise the opening phrase of Errol Garner's famous composition 'Misty.'
Learn the chord forms, then try transposing them into different keys, and mixing and matching them. We'll start diatonically, then get more
dissonant as we progress. I chose 'Misty' because the melody note on the V chord is the 13th, which means that the standard altered
dominant chords won't work. Instead, we can use the 13-9 chord, found from the diminished scale, to provide us with tension.

Guitar & bbb w
w
ww
w
w
ww

Fm11 B13 E9 Fm11 B13 E9
6 6 3
8 8 3 4 1 3
8 7 3 5 1 3
Guitar 6 6 3 3 3
8
6
6 1 6

5
n

& bbb #n
w b w
w
A. Gtr. bw
w w
w
Fm11 E7(#9) E9 Fm11 B13(b9) E7
6 6 3
8 8 4 3 3
8 7 7 5 4 3
A. Gtr. 6 6 5 3 6 3
8 7 6
6
6

9 b
b nn b
A. Gtr. & b b b nw
ww
bw w
w
w
w
B13(b9) E7(#11) Fm11 B13(b9) E7
6 3 6
8 5 3 8 8
7 4 2 8 7 7
A. Gtr. 9 6 5 6 9 5
6 8
6 6
6
6

13 let ring
b let ring
b n

b
A. Gtr. &b b n

A% B13 E7 Fm11 B13(b9) E%
6 3 6
6 3 3 8
5 5 4 5 3 5 7 7
A. Gtr. 5 6 3 6 9 8
4 6
6
8
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let ring let ring
b
&b b b n b b b b n b ww
A. Gtr.
b bw
w
3
Fm11/B B13(b9) G/B E9 F11(b5) 3 B13(b9) E13

6 3 6 3
8 3 3 3 4 5 3
8 4 4 3 4 4 5
A. Gtr. 6 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 6 5
6 6 6
6 6

21
bb nnb b#
A. Gtr.
b
& b b b
w
w bn nw
w
b ww
nw
w

B% D13(b9) E9 B7[] G/A C(7)

6 3 6 3
7 3 3 7 3 3
6 4 3 6 4 4
A. Gtr. 6 3 3 6 3 1
7
4 6 5
4
3

25 b
A. Gtr.
b
& b b n b n w
w b ww
b ww ww
w
E7(#9) D7(#9) E9 A(9) A(7) E%
6 3
8 5 3 11 8
7 4 3 8 8 7
A. Gtr. 6 3 3 10 9 10
7 4 6
3
11 11 8
11

29 let ring let ring

let ring
n
b
b b b bn ww b bn n
A. Gtr. & ww

B/B G/A E% B13(b9) E7

6 3 6 3
6 3 3 6 8 3 5 3
7 4 5 7 4 3 5
A. Gtr. 9 6 3 9 6 5
6 6
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b
33
b #n

b #n b b nb
A. Gtr. &b b n
3
Fm11 G/B D/E E6 Fm11 B13(b9) D/E 3 E9

18 15 10 18 15 10
13 12 10 11 13 0 10 13 12 11
13 12 11 12 13 13 11 13 13 12
A. Gtr. 13 12 10 10 17 12 13 15
13 13
11 11
13

In the last two examples, the melody is on the bottom

let ring

37 n let ring
let ring
bb b
3
b
3
n
A. Gtr. & b #n #n n

Fm11
let ring B13(b9)
let ring
D
3
E B11 G13(b9) D7
3
E9

15 6
13 6 4 3
13 7 2 5 3 5 4 2 5 3
A. Gtr. 13 9 4 7 5 6 6 4 3
13 10 5 6
6 3
5 6