BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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117.198Level 99 — rewrite formal narrative

Example:

A establishes closed C-minor world.

Therefore B opens into E♭ and expands register.

The growing motif reaches high climax.

Therefore A returns stripped, because expansion has already happened.

Coda compresses motif back to semitone.

Now the whole piece has narrative logic.