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Sunday, November 18, 2018

142. MELODIC IMPROVISATION WITH SIMPLISTIC SUB-MELODY OVER INTERVALS OF 5THS (cycle of 5ths) OR 4THS (cycle of 4ths).

(This post has not being written completely yet)

One of the simplest and oldest techniques of melodic improvisation is the create melodic themes that start and end at intervals of 5ths (cycle of 5ths) or 4ths (cycle of 4ths).

We have already met a similar chord-progression based improvisation (in post 17 at the end   and  post 34 ) based on the cycle of 5ths or 4ths, and the two methods are definitely related.

This is also used in the method of complementary melodic themes improvisation in post 140.