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75.1Begin with the problem
Take C Dorian:
C D E♭ F G A B♭
Now improvise by running:
C-D-E♭-F-G-A-B♭-C.
Correct.
But generic.
It tells us the scale.
It does not yet tell us much about the musical personality of the line.