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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.