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30.91Mini-composition exercise
Write a 12- or 16-bar piece with:
- C Dorian center
- 6/4 meter
- one repeating bass ostinato
- one three-note motif
- one 3-against-2 passage
- one brief harmonic departure
- no more than one functional dominant
The piece should remain interesting even if you remove half the notes.