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123.226Mini-project 1 — Unfamiliar-Key Composition

Choose a major/minor key you rarely use.

Write:

24 bars.

Requirements:

  • melody described first as degrees
  • bass described as degrees
  • at least one chromatic inner-line principle
  • no copied transposed hand shapes from a previous piece
  • melody+bass version must work
  • transpose opening 4 bars to another key afterward