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16.48Level 23 — fill strategy

After a phrase, use a fragment of the chromatic line already present.

For example, if harmony uses:

A → A♭ → G,

a fill could echo:

E♭ → E → G

E♭ → E → G

or another related semitone figure.

This makes fills belong to the arrangement.