Angle brackets in Tidal mini-notation select one element per cycle, creating slow-cycling pattern variation

In Tidal’s mini-notation, elements wrapped in angle brackets <...> are played one per cycle in rotation. bd <arpy:1 arpy:2 arpy:3> produces: cycle 1 = bd arpy:1, cycle 2 = bd arpy:2, cycle 3 = bd arpy:3, then repeats. This differs from regular sequence notation where all elements play within one cycle. Angle brackets are the primary tool for creating slowly evolving patterns without using cat or every — they give a larger temporal structure without changing the fundamental cycle.

Examples

// one of three arpy variants per cycle:
d1 $ sound "bd <arpy:1 arpy:2 arpy:3>"

Assessment

What is the minimum number of cycles needed to hear all variations in d1 $ sound "bd <bd:0 bd:1 bd:2 bd:3> sn"? How would you slow down the rotation further?