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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