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122.1Style is not a collection of tricks
Suppose you often use:
Fm→C.
That alone is not:
your style.
Thousands of musicians use:
minor iv.
Style emerges when that harmonic tendency combines with:
your rhythmic phrasing
your bass behavior
your spacing
your melodic tendencies
your form.