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104.71Level 50 — repeat before vary
Compose 2-bar motif.
Bars 1–2: A.
Bars 3–4: A exactly.
Only then:
bars 5–6: A'.
This feels almost too repetitive when composing.
To a listener:
it may be exactly enough.