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72.41Texture rotation
This is today's most important practical concept.
Possible texture sequence:
- melody + bass
- melody + shells
- melody + countermelody
- octave melody
- block melody
- bass + melody only
- final full voicing
Arrangement grows by rotating textures, not merely accumulating them.