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44.21Level 7 — melody that contradicts 6/8
Take a two-note cell:
G-A
Repeat:
G-A | G-A | G-A
across the six eighths.
Now melody suggests:
2+2+2.
Bass still says:
3+3.
This is a genuine polyrhythmic texture.