Hi,
When assessing piano pieces by ear or improvising, is there any ideal way to break down and process notes, chord, etc... ?
For example, I was improvising earlier and really like what I came up with. Im trying to assess what I played to add to the the encyclopedia, but at times I'll take a Dmaj7 spread voicing and move the 5 and 7 in the right hand to a Cm7/D#. I'll also arpeggiate the right hand between these two 5 and 7 positions while retaining the D# and A# in the left hand and sometimes bring up the D# one octave higher to enrich, but this turns it into a form of G#.
Would I think of this as progression from Dmaj7 -> Cm7/D#—or two-chords, or would this be considered like a Dmaj7 with some sort of inflection—for a lack of better understanding.
How should these kinds of motions be assessed?