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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.