BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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43.23Level 10 — don't make the long group feel like “extra beat”

A beginner often feels:

2+2+2

and then thinks:

“Oops, one more eighth.”

Wrong.

The 3-group must feel like an intentional longer final unit.

Not an added leftover.