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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.