Meter-within-meter phrases

A page of meter-within-meter phrases— three beat rhythms played over four measures of 4/4:  

You’ll want to be very familiar and comfortable with this kind of rhythm— it happens a lot in jazz, and if you get lost you’re dead. Count through the sounding rhythm of each phrase: 
Also play just the first two measures of each line, played twice to make a four measure phrase. 
You can do this with my book Syncopation in 3/4— four measures of any materials in 3/4 = three measures of 4/4. 

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