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82.118The important question changes
Instead of always asking:
“What key is this chord in?”
you can ask:
What organizing force currently makes the music coherent?
Is it:
- function?
- bass?
- voice leading?
- symmetry?
- motif?
- pedal?
- register?
- destination?
Advanced analysis becomes plural.