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103.161Mini-project 4 — one-chord piece

16 bars.

One chord/modal field.

Requirements:

  • two texture states
  • one breakdown
  • one register climax
  • one rhythmic displacement
  • one complete bar of silence
  • ending through metric rather than harmonic resolution

This tests non-harmonic composition.