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40.18Level 7 — arrangement through addition

Try this 16-bar structure:

Bars 1–4: bass only.

5–8: bass + riff.

9–12: bass + riff + occasional shell.

13–16: unison riff + stronger chord punctuation.

No new harmony.

Yet the section clearly develops.