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69.25Level 9 — single note → sixths → octaves → blocks

Take one phrase.

Play four versions:

  1. melody alone
  2. melody in sixths
  3. melody in octaves
  4. block chords

This is an orchestration ladder.

Same melody.

Increasing density.