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24.73Ballad improvisation
If you improvise a chorus:
do not suddenly switch to constant fast eighth-note lines.
Maintain the ballad character.
Use:
- long notes
- motifs
- rests
- chord-tone targets
- chromatic approaches
- lyrical contour