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30.74Style-specific melodic transformation

Classical

passing tones, turns, appoggiaturas, sequences.

Jazz

enclosures, chromatic approaches, rhythmic displacement.

Blues

♭3→3, ♭5→5, repetition, call-response.

Pop

pentatonic fills, anticipation, octave displacement.

Bossa

subtle syncopation, extensions, lyrical chromatic approaches.

Same original tune; different melodic grammar.