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123.231Mini-project 6 — Opposite-Environment Piece
Take your usual comfort environment.
Reverse it.
If normally:
minor → major.
4/4 → 6/8 or 5/4.
slow → medium-fast.
dense → sparse.
chromatic → diatonic.
familiar key → unfamiliar key.
Write:
one complete miniature.
Then identify:
what still sounds like you.
This connects directly to Workshop 122.