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53.43Level 32 — start too simple on purpose
First chorus:
maybe only 10–15 RH notes in all 12 bars.
This gives you somewhere to go.
If chorus 1 already contains:
octaves
sixteenth runs
altered dominants
block chords
then later choruses have nowhere to grow.