BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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43.58What does it feel like?

The same nine eighth notes simultaneously contain:

a four-group pattern

and a three-group pattern.

No tempo change.

No new meter.

Just competing accent structures.

This is sophisticated rhythm built from simple arithmetic.