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76.1The short-phrase trap
Play over:
Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7
Now improvise:
one little phrase on Dm7.
Stop.
Another on G7.
Stop.
Another on C.
Everything may be correct.
But it sounds like:
chord exercise.
Not music unfolding through harmony.