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80.105Connection to improvisation
When harmony is ambiguous:
do not rush to “fix” it with a definitive scale.
Explore notes that preserve openness.
For C no-3rd field:
5
9
6/13
root
perhaps 11 depending context.
Delay E/E♭.
Your improvisation can participate in the harmonic suspense.