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80.53Level 30 — ambiguous tonal center
Alternate:
C major pentatonic
and A minor pentatonic—same pitch collection.
Without strong bass/cadence:
are we in C major?
A minor?
Maybe neither is yet dominant.
Tonal center emerges from emphasis.