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106.156Mini-project 4 — Outer-Voice Composition
Write:
melody + bass only
for 16 bars.
No chord symbols.
Requirements:
- at least one contrary-motion phrase
- one oblique phrase
- one sustained dissonance
- one clear cadence
- one deceptive arrival
- one register climax
Only afterward add inner voices.