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95.46Pass 10 — texture
Now ask:
What are the instruments doing?
Not exact orchestration yet.
Classify roles:
- pad
- stab
- arpeggio
- riff
- sustained bass
- walking bass
- counterline
- block melody
- ostinato
This gives arranging vocabulary.