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84.115Modulation and improvisation

When a new key approaches:

do not wait until its tonic lands to start thinking.

Hear ahead:

  • new dominant
  • new leading tone
  • new guide-tone targets
  • new tonal center

Workshop 77 again:

play the present while hearing the future.