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32.2Analyze from the bass
Against E♭:
D♭ = ♭7
F = 9
A♭ = 11.
So:
D♭/E♭
can be heard as an:
E♭9sus-type sonority
without 3rd.
This is the same suspended language we explored in Workshop 29.