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29.23Level 8 — direct parallel movement

Play:

G bass + F-A-C.

Then move everything up a semitone:

A♭ bass + G♭-B♭-D♭.

Hear the dramatic shift.

No preparation.

No dominant modulation.

Just:

one harmonic landscape sliding into another.