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93.44Tempo change can be led by one layer

Exactly like harmony/key can be introduced by:

bass

melody

inner voice.

Future tempo can appear first in:

  • bass
  • accompaniment
  • motif
  • percussion-like repeated note

Then the rest of texture transfers.