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38.95In functional jazz
Chord changes create much of the narrative.
In funk:
the chord may remain constant.
So narrative moves into:
- rhythm
- articulation
- repetition
- timbre
- density
- register
- silence
These are not secondary parameters.
They become form-generating forces.