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24.20Use rolled chords sparingly
You can roll:
low → high
through a chord before a melodic arrival.
Example:
C-G-E-B-D.
But if every chord is rolled, it becomes predictable.
Use rolling as an expressive gesture, especially:
- introductions
- phrase peaks
- final cadences