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65.50Level 28 — rhythmic mutation chain

Keep pitch motif.

Change one rhythmic feature each repetition:

  1. short-short-long
  2. short-long-long
  3. long-short-long
  4. offbeat entry
  5. triplet version
  6. augmentation
  7. diminution
  8. original.

This creates a rhythmic narrative.