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63.21Why this often sounds better than “play C Lydian”
Because the instruction:
C D E F♯ G A B
invites scalar movement.
But:
C major + D major
invites:
- thirds
- fourth-ish leaps
- arpeggio fragments
- inversion shapes
The resulting melody has more architecture.