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89.99Level 61 — anchor hierarchy

For each style ask:

Which layer is responsible for proving where time is?

Swing: walking bass often.

Funk: bass ostinato or 16th grid.

Bossa: bass + syncopated pattern.

Ballad: sometimes none explicitly; internal pulse carries it.

Waltz: bass beat 1 often anchors.