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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.