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40.94The final challenge of groove music
You need two abilities that seem contradictory:
repeat precisely
and
develop continuously.
The solution is hierarchical repetition:
small pattern repeats exactly,
larger texture evolves around it.
That is how a groove stays recognizable without becoming static.