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37.97This answers an important arranging question
Suppose someone asks:
“How can I make this song sound dramatically different?”
The beginner answer is:
change chords.
But now you have many other dimensions:
- meter
- groove
- subdivision
- articulation
- anticipation
- bass pattern
- texture
- register
- rhythmic density
Harmony is only one axis.