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67.27Level 12 — line cliché in the bass

C minor.

Bass:

C → B → B♭ → A → A♭ → G.

We used this line in “Invitation.”

Now harmonize more deliberately.

Possible conceptual colors:

Cm

Cm(maj7)/B

Cm7/B♭

F7/A or Cm6/A

Fm/A♭

G7.

You do not need every chord to be named from root position.

The line is the story.