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48.50Level 26 — intentional phrase lengths

Create:

3-bar phrase

then 5-bar phrase

over an 8-bar harmonic section.

Now:

3 + 5 = 8.

The phrase boundary and harmonic midpoint do not coincide.

This creates forward motion.