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47.97Example

Subdivision: stable eighths.

Beat: stable 4/4.

Riff: three-eighth cycle.

Phrase: three bars.

Form: four-bar harmony.

Now four different temporal structures coexist.

Yet everything can remain perfectly organized.

That is advanced rhythmic thinking.