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58.96“Bare Necessities” mastery test
You truly own it when you can:
- play the melody without accompaniment
- play harmony without melody
- play it in another key
- improvise through its form
- play at least four distinct LH styles
- play at least four RH textures
- create three different intros
- create three different endings
- reharmonize selectively
- turn it minor
- change meter
- create one convincing mixed-style arrangement
- recover from a mistake without restarting
That is song ownership.