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27.57Scale runs in classical style

A short diatonic scale run can work beautifully as a fill.

Example in C:

C-D-E-F-G

C-D-E-F-G

into a melody arrival.

Unlike our jazz warnings about scale-running, in classical-style passagework a deliberate scalar run can be stylistically appropriate.

The key is whether it belongs to the phrase.