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Extend the last part of the previous material until you have a biphonic texture
Texture refers to how many instruments are playing at a time, but it is also related to other elements, such as melody, harmony, and rhythm.
Biphonic texture is when a main melody is accompanied by a bass drone.
More …I learned a lot with this exercise. Starting with the musical form I chose, a rondó, an outline of the new / better-understood concepts covered in writing this piece:
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Write a musical passage involving at least four instruments and that makes a diminuendo transition but as the dynamics get softer, increase the harmonic tension (consonance-dissonance)
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Compose a musical piece following the structure of a minuet
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Consider both melodic fragments as A and B, respectively, and compose a musical piece based on that material, with the form A B C A B’ where C is an elaboration and B’ is sequence with variation