32.28The 16-level model in compact form
Here is the full ladder:
| Level | Add |
|---|---|
| 1 | Melody |
| 2 | Tonic/drone |
| 3 | Bass roots |
| 4 | Basic triads |
| 5 | Inversions/voice leading |
| 6 | 7th chords |
| 7 | Extensions |
| 8 | Style/accompaniment |
| 9 | Fills |
| 10 | Secondary dominants |
| 11 | Borrowed/diminished harmony |
| 12 | Substitutions |
| 13 | Counterpoint |
| 14 | Melodic transformation |
| 15 | Meter/rhythmic transformation |
| 16 | Integrated personal arrangement |
This is now your answer to:
“How do I build increasingly sophisticated versions of the same melody?”