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“I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.…” quote by Charlie Parker
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“I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it. I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes that were being used. I found that by using the higher intervals of a chord as a melody line and backing them with related changes, I could play the thing I'd been hearing.”

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