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93.82Level 50 — reverse: tempo dissolves into rubato

Start in strict time.

Near ending:

bass pattern simplifies.

Comping disappears.

Chord durations lengthen.

Melody becomes freer.

Eventually:

no metric pulse.

The performance dissolves out of time.