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Originally Posted by ralphb
Don't do it theoretically, but rely your imagination. Sing in your head as if improvising. I'm very sure that Mozart and Schubert did it the same way. Or do you really think, that, when Schubert wrote his famous songs, he had his chords there and thought "well, this is a G major, maybe I could add a d - but b and g would also be possible... or should I even use a tone which is not part of the chord?!"?
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I would say that both the theory and imagination help. Mozart and Schubert may not have been consciously been thinking in terms of NCTs as they wrote, but certainly they both were trained in the theory of NCTs. Then, once theory became second nature to them, they were free to follow their creative ideas. Theories should be helpful... if they aren't, don't use them.