Piano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
121.60 Level 15 — ending-first extraction
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121.60Level 15 — ending-first extraction

If your improvisation ends with:

Fm → Cm

plus descending melody:

A♭-G-E♭,

The improvised ending — descending melody over Fm → Cm

keep that.

Then ask:

what piece would make this ending meaningful?

Now compose backward.