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30.100Your practical transformation checklist
When varying a melody, ask:
What must remain?
- hook?
- cadence?
- rhythm?
- peak?
What am I changing?
- rhythm?
- contour?
- intervals?
- register?
- ornamentation?
- harmony?
- meter?
Why?
- more tension?
- new style?
- climax?
- contrast?
- continuation?
This prevents meaningless complexity.