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86.113The mature form question
Not:
“What section comes next?”
But:
“What is the current music trying to become?”
Sometimes the answer is:
more intense.
Sometimes:
simpler.
Sometimes:
another key.
Sometimes:
silence.
Sometimes:
the melody again.
That question produces continuity.