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60.63Full-form architecture

Try:

Intro

C pedal + quartal colors.

A

C Dorian, stable bass ostinato.

A2

upper-triad rotation.

B

bass shifts to F/A♭.

Return

C pedal.

Functional climax

Dm7♭5-G7alt-Cm.

Outro

remove 3rd, leave suspended C field.

This is a complete composition without conventional chord density.