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16.39Secondary dominants change your target notes
Take:
Cmaj7 → E7 → Am7
If you continue playing only C-major notes, G natural may clash with E7's G♯.
So over E7, emphasize:
G♯
Then resolve:
G♯ → A
This is exactly the same chromatic line we studied harmonically.
Now you're improvising through it.