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82.121The mature improvisational mindset
Do not think:
“Now I will run the whole-tone scale because the chord says ♯5.”
Instead:
“The harmony is temporarily becoming symmetrical. What motif can I preserve through that space, and what destination will restore gravity?”
That turns theoretical vocabulary into actual music.