Question regarding music loop of Master mode's first theme

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I noticed that the music loop of Master mode's first theme has an additional measure, which makes the loop slightly jarring, because the snares show up a measure later or earlier than what may have been intended by the composers.

Other people aside from me have also noticed this, but couldn't put their finger on it - only that "something felt a bit off with the music".

I have created a short video to demonstrate this, by turning off the game's SFX and recording the music. I also made an example of what it would sound like if you removed the additional music measure, which makes the loop sound a lot better, I think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTKgUBH7Fdw

Is this extra musical measure intended by the composers?

Thank you very much for looking into this!

[SashLilac]

I also noticed this, I'd like to know too!