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52.7Level 3 — dominant tonic quality
In blues, the tonic itself may be:
F7
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.