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12.39Apply to a simple song

Suppose basic progression:

C | Am | F | G7 | C

Try:

C | E7 Am | C7 F | D7 G7 | C

Now every major destination gets extra preparation.

That's much more harmonically active.

Compare with the simple version.

Neither is automatically better.

They serve different styles.