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14.1Start with the main tonal world
We’ll think in F major for the familiar opening sound.
A simplified opening idea is:
Fmaj7 → G7
with the melody floating above.
Immediately, that should remind you of Workshop 9.
Why?
Because G7 is not diatonic to F major.