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39.30Level 12 — dominant harmony as background field

Stay on F7 for eight bars.

Do not think:

“I have eight bars with no harmonic information.”

Think:

“I have eight bars to develop one dominant-blues environment.”

Your developmental tools are:

  • riff
  • rhythm
  • blues/Mixolydian contrast
  • register
  • density
  • dynamics
  • articulation