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7808 / 18210 · Workshop 61 — Melodic Minor as a Practical Color System: Altered Dominants, Lydian Dominant, Minor-Major Harmony, Locrian ♮2, and Choosing Tension by Destination← prev⊞ allnext →

61.67This is an important advanced principle

A chord symbol does not require:

one scale for one measure.

Your line may use:

Dorian color

melodic-minor color

chromatic approach

blues inflection

within one phrase.

As long as the voice leading makes sense.