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51.84Mini-composition exercise
Write a 32-bar piece centered on D minor.
Requirements:
- D-minor ostinato section
- A Phrygian-dominant/A7♭9 pedal section
- B♭°7 used as rootless A7♭9
- one Em7♭5-A7-Dm cadence
- one straight-to-swing transition
- one motif appearing in both rhythmic worlds
- one rhythm-only resolution
- one harmony-only resolution
- one simultaneous double resolution
- optional final D-major surprise
Keep the number of fundamental roots modest.
The contrast—not harmonic quantity—should generate the form.