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121.266Mini-project 3 — Mistake Becomes Theme

During improvisation, deliberately allow:

one accidental chromatic pitch.

Do not preselect.

When something unexpected happens:

repeat it.

Build an 8-bar section around its consequence.

The exercise is not:

play wrong notes.

It is:

recognize generative accidents.