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37.61Level 32 — solo development

A useful solo architecture:

Chorus 1

major pentatonic, sparse.

Chorus 2

more syncopation.

Chorus 3

target chord 3rds.

Chorus 4

cross-rhythmic motif.

Final

simplify again.

Notice:

the architecture is largely rhythmic rather than harmonic.