My piece followed the chord progressions and guidelines structured in the template given for the final project. 

1.	Is the accompaniment lively enough and not too repetitive? 
2.	Does the melody sound appropriate and not too distant? 


Lett Darrin Final Rough

What I did before even reading my classmates comments on my rough draft was I watched all the wimba session archives again, pausing constantly to take extensive notes and compare these notes to my graded projects one, two, and three. I definitely cleared up my confusion with the rules concerning non-chord tones, as well as things like resolving seventh chords down instead of up. I made a significant amount of changes to my composition for the final version. My fellow classmates and instructor all pointed out to correct some of my non-chord tones which I did thoroughly, section by section of each instrument’s set of measures I was responsible for before making any changes to the music itself. Measures five through nine for the saxophone were changed from simple whole notes per measure to a more active lead of quarter and half notes, utilizing non-chord tones correctly and using slurs depending on the context. I also corrected my misuse of slurs throughout the composition after reviewing my graded projects. To second this I also changed measures six through nine for the piano quite a bit. I changed these measures so much that I really can’t even compare it to the original version of the song. I changed measures twenty-one through twenty-five for the saxophone quite a bit and in my opinion created my catchiest line in the whole composition where the lead is concerned. I had some trouble with measure forty-one and forty-two as far as making sure I hit chord tones on the strong beats, I unfortunately am still not 100% pleased with those measures but what’s done is done. Piano measures twenty-four through twenty-seven and measures twenty-nine through thirty had problems that I corrected that nobody seemed to comment on with the rough draft. Things like a couple miss placed non-chord tones as well as missed root notes on the bass clef. After addressing these errors I also changed the phrasing. The bass is the one instrument I didn’t change much, there were a few small changes but nothing too drastic. One student commented on adjusting my levels so I did that as well when I reproduced my composition in protools. 

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