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72.1Think of the keyboard as vertical geography
Very roughly:
Low register
bass, weight, foundation.
Low-middle
bass support, shells, tenths.
Middle
harmony, accompaniment, inner voices.
Upper-middle
main melody.
High
sparkle, doubling, answers, climax.
Do not treat the whole keyboard as one undifferentiated space.