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106.153Mini-project 1 — Bass-First 16-Bar Piece
Write bass before anything else.
Requirements:
- one pedal
- one stepwise section
- one leap larger than a 4th
- one chromatic approach
- one repeated bass motif
- one phrase where bass rests
- one cadence where bass arrives before upper harmony
- one cadence where bass arrives after upper harmony
Then write melody.
Then harmony.