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36.51Level 19 — tresillo-like grouping

A useful rhythmic concept:

3+3+2 eighth-note grouping.

Across 8 eighth notes:

1-2-3 | 4-5-6 | 7-8.

Accent:

1

4

This gives:

long-long-short grouping.

Very common across many Afro-Cuban/Latin-derived contexts.