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76.8Harmonic resolution and melodic resolution need not coincide
Harmony:
G7→C.
But melody can:
land on D over C
continue to E
then finally settle.
Thus:
harmony says “home”
while melody says:
“sentence not finished yet.”
Sophisticated phrasing often works this way.