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Composer's Handbook
Comping is chordal accompaniment with rhythmically placed, often offbeat, attacks.
Write a two-bar chord pattern that rests on some expected strong beats.
Chords on the “and” of 1 and beat 4 in bar 1, the “and” of 2 in bar 2.