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109.167Mini-project 2 — Introduction Laboratory

For a 32-bar piece write four intros:

  • 2-bar functional
  • 4-bar motif-derived
  • rubato ambiguous
  • groove vamp

Then ask:

Which makes bar 1 of the actual composition sound most inevitable?

Choose based on piece, not intro beauty.