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65.97The deeper connection to classical music

Classical development often takes:

small motifs

and transforms them relentlessly.

Jazz improvisation is frequently taught as:

chord-scale vocabulary.

But the strongest bridge between your classical background and improvisation is:

motivic development over changing harmony.

You already understand the aesthetic instinct.

Now we're applying it in real time.