> We can make music in free time without these patterns but to most of us it sounds less 'normal'. Free time does not imply the lack of patterns. Check out Gno

> We can make music in free time without these patterns but to most of us it sounds less 'normal'. Free time does not imply the lack of patterns. Check out Gnossiennes for example, they have very distinct patterns: https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/4131536 https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/4131536 I have no idea if that sounds "normal" or not to others, to me it works perfectly fine.