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one motif, retimed

30 s · 100 bpm · stretched, tripletized, spread

one motif, retimed 30 s · 100 bpm · stretched, tripletized, spread
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A four-note motif, then the same motif retimed three ways: stretched to twice the length, turned into triplets, and spread out with a rest after every note. The notes never change — only how they sit in time. A voice names each.

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Same notes, different time

A four-note motif:

motif: 1 3 5 8

Three timing transforms — not one of them touches a pitch:

stretched: { op: scale-time, factor: 2 }   # same notes, each twice as long
triplet:   { op: triplet }                  # 1 3 5 8  →  1 3 1 5 8 5  (pairs become threes)
spread:    { op: dilate, factor: 2 }        # 1 3 5 8  →  1 . 3 . 5 . 8 .

Pitch is one projection of a line; time is another. These leave the notes alone and reshape only when they happen — the rhythmic twin of the melodic transforms.