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24.25Level 11 — major-key ii–V–I

Of course:

Dm7 → G7 → Cmaj7

Dm7 → G7 → Cmaj7

still matters.

But in this workshop, the cadence should feel like one punctuation point among long tonic-family passages.

Not every bar needs functional urgency.