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3517 / 18210 · Workshop 16 — “Autumn in New York”: Chromatic Major-Key Ballad, Borrowed Chords, Secondary Dominants, and Elegant Inner-Voice Motion← prev⊞ allnext →

16.82Full arrangement plan

Intro

borrowed iv gesture.

A1

mostly diatonic.

A2

one secondary dominant.

B

relative-minor or richer chromatic color.

Final A

borrowed iv + one chromatic cadence.

Climax

octave melody/high register.

Release

single-note melody.

Tag

repeat final phrase.

Ending

Fmaj7 → Fm6 → C6/9.