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53.56Level 42 — blues vocabulary versus chord-tone vocabulary

Compare two choruses.

Blues chorus

C blues scale, motif-based.

Chord-tone chorus

3rds/7ths targeting each chord.

Then combine.

This produces much richer improvisation than endlessly using one scale.