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78.99The larger lesson

At earlier stages, harmony looked like:

Cmaj7

Dm7

G7

etc.

Later it looked like:

functions.

Then:

bass lines.

Then:

guide-tone paths.

Now even very rich extensions become:

individual melodic voices moving through a harmonic field.

That is a major step toward true arranging fluency.