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113.95Level 72 — common-tone percentage

Compare chords:

Cmaj7: C E G B.

Em7: E G B D.

Three common tones.

Very close.

Cmaj7→D♭7: almost none, depending extensions.

Farther.

You can design harmonic distance through common-tone count.