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85.132The deeper lesson

Earlier we thought:

a song contains sections.

Now think:

an arrangement is a journey through states.

States can differ by:

  • key
  • groove
  • register
  • density
  • motif
  • harmonic specificity
  • orchestration

The song's written form is merely the skeleton.