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125.280Happy Birthday capstone constraint

For example:

  • no chord changes on every melody note
  • one reharm device per phrase maximum
  • phrase 3 remains main melodic climax
  • one texture withheld until final statement
  • final cadence delayed by bass

This prevents:

over-arranging.