34.86Mini-composition exercise

Write 16 bars in C minor.

Requirements:

• one chromatic descending bass line
• one temporary minor tonic
• one half-diminished chord
• one dominant chain
• one tritone-substitute approach
• one sustained melody/common tone across three harmonies
• final structural return to C minor

Restriction:

No more than one chord per beat.

Prefer fewer.

The point is a long harmonic sentence, not maximum density.