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115.202Mini-project 1 — Composed “Improvised” Solo
Write 16 bars over:
Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7
repeating.
Requirements:
- no phrase starts on beat 1 twice in a row
- at least one phrase crosses barline
- one phrase only 2 notes
- one phrase longer than 2 bars
- one chromatic enclosure
- one altered dominant tension
- one exact motif callback
- highest note occurs once
- at least 25% silence
Then perform it as though:
you are discovering it.