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102.153Mini-project — One Tune, Four Re-compositions

Choose a tune.

First make a skeleton page containing only:

  • form
  • key centers
  • structural melody degrees
  • phrase cadences
  • structural bass
  • functional harmony
  • one defining motif
  • climax location
  • ending function

Then create four arrangements.