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7929 / 18210 · Workshop 62 — Harmonic Side-Slipping: Chromatic Planing, Approach Chords, Outside Playing, Semitone Detours, and Returning Home Without Sounding Random← prev⊞ allnext →

62.98The general rule of advanced playing

The farther one musical layer travels,

the more clearly another layer should often define home.

If RH becomes harmonically outside:

LH may stay simple.

If rhythm becomes displaced:

harmony may stay static.

If harmony becomes dense:

melody may simplify.

If meter becomes unstable:

ostinato may anchor it.

This is the complexity budget we've encountered again and again.