- present your analysis as neatly as possible (the point of analysis is to communicate your interpretation ...)
- align the different levels properly so they line up with each other (and the music if included)
- clearly mark bar/measure numbers
- ensure that notes in the middle and background are clearly present in and aligned with the foreground analysis
- mark harmonies and harmonic units clearly - this will clarify the harmonic implications of your analysis in your own mind
- make sure that any note of a graph can be related, however tortuously, back to the Ursatz - every note must be shown to prolong or decorate the background either directly or by being an elaboration of an elaboration ...
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- leave notes hanging in mid air with no slur, beam or stem to explain them
- neglect the bass line and inner parts
- include bar lines or rests in your analysis
- group notes together in linear progressions or arpeggiations in more than one direction (unless they involve a register transfer)
- use beams carelessly - they must not connect endless successions of notes that do not constitute an elaboration
- overlap elaborations. While two may share a first and last note and a note in the middle of one elaboration may be decorated by another, no two elaborations can overlap so that they suggest a contradictory function for shared notes
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