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27.83Practical example of style transformation

Take a simple pop progression:

C → G → Am → F

C → G → Am → F

Pop treatment:

steady 4/4, add9 chords, syncopated rhythm.

Waltz treatment:

C | G/B | Am | F

one bar each in 3/4:

bass-chord-chord.

Romantic treatment:

same chords with wide arpeggios and suspensions.

Same harmonic skeleton.

Three different pieces.