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16.6Your solo can imitate the harmony

The chords themselves resolve:

G7 → Cmaj7

with:

B → C

B → C

and:

F → E

F → E

Your improvised melody can do the same.

This is a key idea:

Good improvisation often follows the same voice-leading logic as the chord voicings.

Harmony and melody are not separate systems.