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8056 / 18210 · Workshop 64 — Pentatonic Superimposition: One Five-Note Shape, Many Harmonic Meanings, Modern “Outside” Color, and Improvising Without Sounding Like a Scale Exercise← prev⊞ allnext →

64.26This solves a common improvisation problem

If someone says:

“Play C Lydian,”

you may start thinking:

C D E F♯ G A B.

That's seven equal choices.

Instead:

Play D major pentatonic over C.

Now the harmonic color is concentrated.

Much easier.