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52.59Dynamic escalation is not enough

If every chorus is simply louder:

you have very little architecture.

Instead manipulate:

  • register
  • density
  • rhythmic unity
  • voicing width
  • repetition
  • harmonic rhythm

Volume is only one dimension.