BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
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76.54Level 33 — tension across tonic

Progression reaches Cmaj7 in bar 5.

Do not relax yet.

Continue intervallic line, perhaps emphasizing:

9

maj7

♯11 color.

Let true relaxation occur only bar 8.

Functional tonic can occur before phrase tonic.