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38.41Level 21 — move riff instead

Alternative:

transpose the riff with the new chord.

F-A♭-C

becomes perhaps:

D♭-F-A♭.

Now the whole sound moves together.

Two distinct strategies:

fixed riff, changing harmony

reinterpretation.

transposed riff

parallel relocation.