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61.82Mini-composition exercise
Write 24 bars in C minor.
Requirements:
- Cm6/9 tonic
- Cm(maj9) once
- one modal Cm/Dorian section
- Dm7♭5→G7alt→Cm
- one prolonged Lydian-dominant chord
- one tritone-sub D♭7♯11→C/Cm event
- one dominant where you use only a single altered tension
- one dominant with no alterations at all
- one melody line that changes from B♭ to B before resolving C
- sparse ending
The purpose is to make melodic-minor colors sound intentional, not compulsory.