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47.5Why this differs from 9/8

Workshop 43 used:

2+2+2+3

inside nine eighths.

Here:

3+3+2

fills eight eighths.

The important new idea is not the particular grouping.

It is:

accent structure can contradict the obvious meter while remaining completely inside it.