64.94Mini-composition exercise

Write 32 bars centered around C.

Bars 1–8

C pedal + C major pentatonic.

Bars 9–16

same C pedal + D major pentatonic.

Bars 17–20

C minor pentatonic.

Bars 21–24

B♭ major pentatonic over C sus color.

Bars 25–28

G7alt with B♭ minor pentatonic.

Bars 29–32

C6/9, returning to C major pentatonic.

Requirements:

• one phrase with only two notes
• one 5-eighth repeating cell
• one pentatonic side-slip
• one pentatonic-derived chord voicing
• one common-tone transition
• one full-bar silence
• altered dominant followed by extremely simple tonic phrase

The five-note collections themselves should create the form.