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72.41Texture rotation

This is today's most important practical concept.

Possible texture sequence:

  1. melody + bass
  2. melody + shells
  3. melody + countermelody
  4. octave melody
  5. block melody
  6. bass + melody only
  7. final full voicing

Arrangement grows by rotating textures, not merely accumulating them.