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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.