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105.181Mini-project 2 — one melody, four harmonic worlds

Same original melody.

Version 1 — Diatonic

mostly I/ii/IV/V/vi.

Version 2 — Jazz-functional

sevenths, ii-V, secondary dominants.

Version 3 — Modal

pedals, sus, upper structures.

Version 4 — Borrowed/chromatic

mixture, tritone, backdoor.

Do not change melody initially.

Observe where melody resists each world.