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55.37Level 17 — RH sixths
Early swing piano loves harmonized melodic fragments.
Take top melody:
C-D-C-A.
Add lower notes roughly in sixths/thirds according to harmony.
Do not force exact parallel sixths if harmony says otherwise.
The effect:
warm two-note melodic line.