Originally Posted by: dlwalkeThose old TV shows, from my early teens, are great fun for me to work on. It helps (i.e., in figuring them out) that the melody is so embedded in my mind's ear, and they're just fun.[/quote]

Exactly! There are so many good ones & the best ones are really catchy & well done mini musical compoisitions.

Originally Posted by: dlwalkeThe theme to the original Star Trek is a sentimental favorite. That was a few months ago but I think I found that one less straightforward in terms of key. I think it might have wandered a bit.

I'm a big ST fan! The theme from TOS is genius. I figured out the melody a long time ago as a kid, but it took me forever to figure out & understand the chords & the harmonic motion. :)

There are quite a few modulations & reharmonizations going on underneath that melody that put it very much in jazz territory. I finally bought the sheet music to a piano arrangement of it to find out what treasures were hiding in there. Amazing structure.

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OK, next stop: Get Smart!!

Excellent! Have fun with it. :)