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33.51Level 27 — improvisation: destination-first

For an 8-bar harmonically fluid passage:

pick only 3 destinations.

For each, choose:

  • tonic/root
  • 3rd
  • or 7th

as target.

Improvise lines between them.

Ignore some surface changes.

This keeps the solo coherent.