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53.43Level 32 — start too simple on purpose

First chorus:

maybe only 10–15 RH notes in all 12 bars.

This gives you somewhere to go.

If chorus 1 already contains:

octaves

sixteenth runs

altered dominants

block chords

then later choruses have nowhere to grow.