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65.50Level 28 — rhythmic mutation chain
Keep pitch motif.
Change one rhythmic feature each repetition:
- short-short-long
- short-long-long
- long-short-long
- offbeat entry
- triplet version
- augmentation
- diminution
- original.
This creates a rhythmic narrative.