BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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48.12This is a powerful composition technique

Your harmony can repeat every 4 bars.

But your riff can realign every 5 bars.

The listener experiences evolving friction even though both components are individually repetitive.