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19.28Level 5 — practice the switch explicitly

Loop:

4 bars Cmaj7♯11

then:

2 bars Dm7-G7

then:

Cmaj7.

During first 4 bars: develop one motif.

During ii–V: target E or B on C.

This exercise is extremely useful.