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28.26Level 11 — classic two-shape comping idea

Think of two closely related quartal voicings a whole step apart.

For example conceptually:

one Dm/Dorian quartal shape

then same type of shape shifted up.

Alternate them rhythmically.

The harmonic center stays D.

The upper color breathes.