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8230 / 18210 · Workshop 65 — Motivic Development Across Harmony: Sequence, Inversion, Fragmentation, Rhythmic Mutation, and Making One Small Idea Survive an Entire Form← prev⊞ allnext →

65.99The mature improviser's question

Not:

“What can I play over this chord?”

but:

“What am I already saying, and how does this chord change the way I need to say it?”

That question turns harmony from a sequence of obstacles into a changing context for one musical thought.