Improvising Song Melody

by Gail Smith

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When the melody of a song has two or more upward steps you may embellish the melody by skipping a third below the melody note and playing sixteenth notes up to the next melody note. When the melody of a song has two or more downward steps, you may embellish the melody by skipping a third above the melody note and playing sixteenth notes down to the next melody note.