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52.7Level 3 — dominant tonic quality

In blues, the tonic itself may be:

F7

F7 = F A C E♭

rather than Fmaj7.

F7:

F A C E♭.

This is important because:

dominant quality does not necessarily mean:

“Please resolve to B♭ immediately.”

We have seen this before.

Here F7 can be the home chord.