Different levels of mensuration have different roles in the musical structure. The mostprominent one is the onecorresponding to the compositional tactus. Rhythmicgroupsmaycontradict the mensurationtemporarily, but in the examples in this book, they never do so throughout an entire piece.
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Evidencecontradicting this principlecame from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasiafollowingsurgery on the right hemisphere was not significantlymore frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.