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a. A texture in which a large number of lines merge into a sound mass.
b. A melody-like line made from changing tone colors.
c. When the choice and ordering of elements is governed by a precompositional arrangement or system.
d. A proportional change of tempo by which a small division of a beat isregrouped into a new beat, resulting in a new tempo.


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