So does it 'pick up' the changes from the start of the style, or when a button is pushed? And how long can the changes be? Is there any limit?

Not all styles have a riff mode, so let's be clear ... but the styles that do , the 4th variation button locks into the riff and the style improvises off the chord changes you used from the beginning ...
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