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9.42Level 8 — build the contrast

Your arrangement should make two worlds distinct:

C-major area

settled, lyrical.

D7 area

bright, rhythmic, slightly suspended.

Then:

ii–V–I return

functional resolution.

This is more important than adding substitutions.