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87.120Connection to through-composed form

Workshop 86 asked:

What is the current music trying to become?

Harmonic rhythm gives you a powerful answer:

You can make it become the next section by:

  • accelerating
  • slowing
  • prolonging
  • anticipating
  • delaying
  • freezing

before the section boundary even arrives.

That is formal continuity through time.