BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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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.