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76.65Level 40 — speech imitation

Say a sentence aloud:

“I thought I knew where this was going, but then it changed.”

Notice:

  • stress
  • pause
  • acceleration
  • final cadence

Now improvise a musical phrase with analogous shape.

This trains syntax instead of lick production.