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37.95Mini-composition exercise
Write a 16-bar piece in C with only:
C, F, G7
and perhaps D7 once.
Requirements:
- one two-bar LH ostinato
- one anticipated chord change
- one two-bar melodic motif
- one 3+3+2 rhythmic passage
- one call-and-response section
- one bar of bass only
- one repeated rhythmic ending tag
If it sounds sophisticated, you have proved that sophistication does not require sophisticated harmony.