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22.35Not every chromatic note requires altered harmony

If you play A♭ briefly approaching A over F7:

that may simply be a melodic approach.

Do not immediately rename the whole chord F7♯9/whatever unless the harmony actually sustains that sonority.

Horizontal thinking again.