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46.97Three kinds of chunking

Harmonic chunk

Am7-D7-Gmaj7 = G-major packet.

Rhythmic chunk

a repeated two-bar groove = one rhythmic object.

Formal chunk

dark intro → fast section → return = one structural arc.

The goal is not to consciously monitor every note.

It is to operate at the level of these chunks.