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36.104Why this is different from ordinary reharmonization

We changed almost nothing in the bass.

Instead we manipulated:

  • scale color
  • rhythmic pattern
  • suspended versus dominant identity
  • tension duration
  • eventual structural resolution

That is another reminder:

harmonic sophistication does not require many chords.