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78.28Level 13 — choose upper structure by desired line

Suppose you want top:

D♭→C.

Then B♭ minor upper structure over G is attractive.

Suppose you want:

E♭→E♭ over Cm.

A♭ minor is attractive.

So choose upper structures by voice-leading goal, not by lookup table.