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122.223Mini-project 3 — Style Synthesis Without Genre Switching
Choose:
three influences.
Extract:
one principle from each.
Example:
modal jazz: harmonic patience.
gospel: chromatic inner descent.
funk: bass/chord interlock.
Write one coherent piece.
No section may simply become:
“the gospel section”
or:
“the funk section.”
All three principles should coexist naturally.