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85.138A practical full-arrangement planning sheet

For each section, write five things:

Function: Why does this section exist?

Harmony: Stable, directional, modulating?

Texture: Sparse, walking, blocks, etc.?

Register: Low/middle/high?

Intensity: 1–10.

That is enough to build a very sophisticated roadmap.