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101.161The deeper theoretical lesson

Theory is most powerful when converted from:

facts

into:

rules of behavior.

Knowing:

“G7 contains B and F”

is useful.

Knowing:

“on dominant, preserve guide-tone direction and choose altered tension by resolution”

is generative.