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103.144Level 106 — write your “composition constitution”

Before piece, define:

Key/mode: C minor.

Meter: 4/4.

Primary motif: 3 notes.

Harmony: mostly modal, one functional cadence.

Bass: descending.

Special color: A♭m upper structure once.

Climax: bar 25.

Ending: ambiguous Cm(add9).

Now write.