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26.25Level 6 — diminished arpeggio as melody
Instead of blocking:
B-D-F-A♭,
play it as a melodic figure.
Then land:
G
or C/E♭.
This transforms harmonic tension into melodic vocabulary.
Very useful in intros and fills.