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64.13Treat the scale as a reservoir

Use:

2 notes

3 notes

4 notes.

Rarely all five consecutively.

A good pentatonic line often contains:

  • leaps
  • repeated notes
  • rhythmic motifs
  • fragments

not:

C-D-E-G-A up and down.