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80.49Level 27 — tonic versus dominant ambiguity
Play C bass.
RH:
B♭-D-G.
No E.
Is this:
C9sus?
C Mixolydian field?
Gm/C?
It can be several things.
Now add E:
dominant C9/13-like identity.
Or move to F:
then it retrospectively functioned as V/IV.