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61.56Level 15 — Lydian dominant versus altered
Suppose a dominant lasts four bars.
Often:
Lydian dominant can give a spacious dominant color.
If dominant is rapidly resolving:
altered may provide stronger directional tension.
Not a hard rule.
But a useful tendency.