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49.92The rhythmic equivalent of reharmonization
This is worth remembering:
A melody can stay identical while you change the chord beneath it.
Likewise:
a rhythmic motif can stay identical while you change the meter beneath it.
In 6/4, a four-beat motif feels displaced.
In 4/4, it feels perfectly stable.
Same motif.
Different context.