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64.63Level 24 — modal vamp with pentatonic escalation

Cm vamp.

Chorus 1: C minor pentatonic.

Chorus 2: C Dorian via Dm/E♭ triad-pair ideas or broader color.

Chorus 3: add D major? Not appropriate automatically—better use another intentionally contrasting pentatonic.

Then final: C minor pentatonic.

The return to basic vocabulary becomes grounding.