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100.83Level 50 — reserve one surprise

Before performance choose:

one thing listener does not hear early.

Could be:

  • borrowed minor
  • modulation
  • sudden stop
  • 6/8 transformation
  • highest register
  • polychord color

Reveal later.

Expectation needs time.