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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.