... my first section (section A). My melody has a very strong catchy tune, which sounds improvisatory and compliments the homophonic bass part. At first I composed the A section with my 4 bar chordal bass part running all the way through. After performing my piece I decided to add more rhythmic variation as my piece began to sound repetitive. I changed the 4 bar block crotchet chords to quaver chords with sustained notes. As a development of my original idea I inverted my melody and kept the bass to quaver chords and sustained notes. This adds rhythmical variation and flows very well on from my original idea. To adapt my bass rhythm further I added semi quavers and triplets. Section A is mainly forte, except for bar 20, where I added a crescendo from mezzo piano to fortanissimo. Also I added a diminuendo in bars 25 and 26 which leads nicely ...

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