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90.8Level 4 — change rhythm, preserve pitches

Now take:

C-D-E.

Play it as:

A. short-short-long

B. long-short-short

C. short-long-short

D. three equal notes

Notice how radically identity changes.

Rhythm is not decorative.

It is structural.