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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.