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86.50Level 34 — transition as transformation, not bridge
Instead of thinking:
Section A
bridge
Section B,
think:
A gradually becomes B.
Example:
walking bass:
quarter notes
→ repeated-note figure
→ ostinato
→ funk riff.
At what exact instant did swing become funk?
Hard to say.
That is morphing.