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51.7Level 1 — dominant without functional resolution yet

Keep A bass.

RH:

B♭-C♯-G

or:

C♯-G-B♭.

These give:

3, ♭7, ♭9.

That's essentially an:

A7♭9-type sonority.

But don't resolve immediately.

Let it exist as a sound-world.