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9155 / 18210 · Workshop 75 — Intervallic Improvisation: Fourths, Fifths, Wide Leaps, Octave Displacement, and Making Modern Lines Sing Without Losing the Harmony← prev⊞ allnext →

75.22Octave displacement is a secret weapon

You can take a completely conventional bebop/modal line and make it sound far more angular simply by relocating selected notes by octave.

No new harmony.

No new scale.

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