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66.46Level 23 — two guide-tone lines at once

Take:

A7 → D7 → G7 → C.

Line 1: G→F♯→F→E.

Line 2: C♯→C→B→B/C depending voicing.

Now harmony becomes contrapuntal.

Play both slowly.