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48.26Level 11 — accent cycle without note cycle

Play a melodic phrase of eight notes.

Repeat pitches every 8 sixteenths.

But accent every 3 sixteenths.

Now pitch cycle and accent cycle differ.

This is another layer of rhythmic independence.