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68.49Level 24 — harmonic ostinato over changing meter

Use a two-chord harmonic cell:

Cm9 → Fm9

each two beats.

Then play it through:

4/4

3/4

5/4.

The harmonic cell stays invariant.

Its relation to the bar changes.

A useful composition device.