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49.22Level 8 — use Dorian 6 as structural color

For the first several bars:

avoid A natural.

Stay with:

C minor pentatonic.

Then introduce:

A

at a rhythmic climax.

Now two kinds of expansion happen:

  • rhythmic displacement
  • modal color expansion

One new pitch can mark a new section.