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6.9This is the important mental shift

When harmony is chromatic, you do not always need to perfectly classify every intermediate chord before you can play convincingly.

You need to know:

  • where are we going?
  • what chord is the dominant?
  • what voice wants to resolve?

Destination first.

Label second.