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48.38Level 16 — progressive displacement

Repeat riff:

1st time: beat 1.

2nd: 1e.

3rd: 1&.

4th: 1a.

5th: beat 2.

This creates a riff that appears to slide later and later.

Then suddenly snap back to beat 1.

Huge rhythmic resolution.