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102.20Level 8 — reduce harmonic rhythm
Suppose arrangement contains 12 chord symbols over four bars.
Ask:
How many actual functional events occur?
Maybe only:
Tonic
Predominant
Dominant
Tonic.
Everything else is internal coloration.