I am proposing this example we can learn to develop the coordination to accompany our own singing in an integrated way. The third staff is a little riff we can learn and sing together with the chords on the piano staff.
Once learned in C, the challenge is to play/sing it through the circle of fifths.
It it seems daunting, try to "decompose" it in smaller units:
1. If you remove the second chord of the sequence, you just find a common sequence I ii V I.
2. So it is just a I V I but we have introduced a ii chord to prepare V; that's all.
3. Well, it is not SO simple, but it is not hard either: the diminished seventh chord built on the flattened third is just like a "chordal appogiatura" for the ii chord (remember this very same movement appeared prominently in the song "Gente Humilde", by Chico Buarque).
4. You don't need to play the chords exactly as written. Try simplified versions if you prefer, omitting sevenths and the ninth if it feels easier.
5. So this is it. Once you have grasped the logic of the sequence, singing the little riff on top should not be difficult. Notice how the sung notes relate to the corresponding chord.
Don't forget trying in as many keys as possible. The exercise is more for your mind and ear than it is for your fingers or vocal chords!
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