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42.62Level 31 — meter as home
Notice the analogy with harmony.
In harmony:
you can leave tonic and return.
In rhythm:
you can obscure the meter and then return to obvious grouping.
So meter itself can create:
tension and resolution.
This is an important conceptual connection.