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44.88Mini-composition exercise
Write 24 bars in C minor.
Requirements:
- one 6/8 bass ostinato
- one two-note motif producing 2+2+2
- one three-note motif producing 3+3
- one Dorian section
- one Aeolian section
- one four-bar hemiola climax
- one functional minor cadence
- final return to clear 6/8
Restriction:
no more than three bass roots.
The rhythmic architecture should carry most of the composition.