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50.18Level 10 — accompaniment changes meter perception

Keep melody in ordinary 4/4 phrasing.

Underneath:

first ordinary 4/4.

Then accompaniment accents:

3+3+2 eighths.

The melody hasn't moved.

But the listener's perception of its placement changes.