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5.4Predominant = prepares the dominant
The most obvious predominant in C is:
IV = F
F major:
F A C
Play:
F → G7 → C
It feels very natural.
F does not feel like home.
It also does not feel as tense as G7.
It feels like:
we have left home and are moving toward something.
That is predominant function.