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76.1The short-phrase trap

Play over:

Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7

Now improvise:

one little phrase on Dm7.

Stop.

Another on G7.

Stop.

Another on C.

Everything may be correct.

But it sounds like:

chord exercise.

Not music unfolding through harmony.