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21.65Level 39 — one motif through the whole form
Choose a 3-note rhythmic motif.
Every 4 bars:
- repeat
- transpose
- invert contour
- fragment
Do not abandon it merely because harmony becomes strange.
This is how you impose musical coherence on a complex form.