56.81Mini-composition exercise

Take any 16- or 32-bar melody of your own.

Arrange five choruses:

Chorus 1

two-beat.

Chorus 2

walking.

Chorus 3

octave melody.

Chorus 4

block-chord melody.

Chorus 5

modulate up a semitone + shout riff.

Requirements:

• one secondary dominant
• one passing diminished
• one tritone substitution
• one solo chorus or break
• one tag ending
• final 6/9 chord
• at least one post-climax reduction

The melody should remain recognizable throughout.