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40.10Level 3 — AAB phrasing
Use the riff as phrase A.
Play it.
Repeat it almost exactly.
Then answer with phrase B.
For example:
A: C-E♭-E-G.
A: same.
B: B♭-G-G♭-G-C.
Now you have rhetoric, not just looping.