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60.81Mini-composition exercise
Write 24 bars centered on C.
Requirements:
- at least 8 bars of C pedal
- both C Dorian and C Aeolian color
- one upper-triad slash color
- one quartal-planing passage
- one fixed high common tone
- one bass-root shift after a long pedal
- one Dm7♭5-G7alt-Cm functional cadence
- immediate return to non-functional floating harmony
- final chord with the 3rd omitted
The piece should feel harmonically active even though actual root movement is limited.