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114.216The groove audit

For your piece answer:

  1. Where is pulse?
  2. What subdivision dominates?
  3. Which layer anchors meter?
  4. What is the recurring rhythmic cell?
  5. Where are the important rests?
  6. Where does syncopation increase?
  7. Where do layers synchronize?
  8. Where does groove change state?

If you cannot answer:

groove may not yet be composed.