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40.59Level 30 — rhythmic climax
Keep pitch vocabulary simple.
Build intensity using:
- repeated sixteenth cell
- higher register
- syncopated repetition
- octave doubling
Then suddenly simplify.
This often works better than adding chromatic harmony.