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66.60Level 33 — guide-tone motifs
Create motif:
F-E.
Use it whenever dominant resolves to tonic.
Example:
G7: F.
Cmaj7: E.
Then in F major:
C7: B♭.
Fmaj: A.
Same ♭7→3 functional motion, transposed.
The motif is functional rather than absolute.