BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
7944 / 18210 · Workshop 63 — Triad Pairs and Upper-Structure Improvisation: Getting Modern Jazz Color Without Thinking in Seven-Note Scales← prev⊞ allnext →

63.14Level 5 — rhythmic motif across triads

Choose rhythm:

short-short-long.

Play:

C-E-G.

Then same rhythm:

D-F-A.

Then:

E-G-C.

The rhythmic motif creates unity while the inversion changes.

This uses our old invariant/variable principle.