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100.30Level 12 — use harmonic color conservatively

First statement:

mostly baseline harmony.

Later:

secondary dominant.

Later:

borrowed iv.

Final:

tritone/backdoor/altered dominant if appropriate.

Chromatic vocabulary becomes progressively meaningful.