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6.38Rhythmic motif before pitch complexity

Create a rhythm:

short-short-LONG

Then use different notes with the same rhythm.

Example:

C D E—

then:

E F G—

then:

A G E—

You have created coherence through rhythm.

This is often more musical than playing many sophisticated scale notes randomly.