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114.216The groove audit
For your piece answer:
- Where is pulse?
- What subdivision dominates?
- Which layer anchors meter?
- What is the recurring rhythmic cell?
- Where are the important rests?
- Where does syncopation increase?
- Where do layers synchronize?
- Where does groove change state?
If you cannot answer:
groove may not yet be composed.