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27.16Level 3 — modal chord movement

Try:

Cm → D♭/C → Cm

Cm → D♭/C → Cm

Do not hear:

“wrong root chord requiring functional explanation.”

Hear:

tonic minor → Phrygian color → tonic minor.

That is sufficient.