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-xpnote = \markup { \override #'(line-width . 90) \justify { \bold \italic "Fifteen Inventions" is a modular, multi-movement work for piano. The inventions are organized into seven, three-movement groups called sequences. These sequences can be played in any combination. I constructed each of the short inventions from one to seven contrapuntal strands. Inventions which share the same number of these strands are composed out in a similar fashion, and thus share a title. }}
+xpnote = \markup { \override #'(line-width . 90) \justify { At the start of 2022, I composed a short piece for piano constructed from descending diatonic scales and the 15 partitions of the 7-pitch diatonic set. This invention would inspire me to write 14 more inventions. These \bold \italic "Fifteen Inventions" correspond to one of the 15 partitions and, as such, have between 1 and 7 strands or voices. Many of these inventions imbricate partitions of the diatonic set and 12-tone aggregates. Inventions with the same number of strands or voices share titles and musical characters. I borrowed terms from plant morphology I felt describe these musical characters for the titles. }}