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32.18One note can change the entire harmonic identity
Notice what happened when G appeared.
With:
D♭/E♭
there was no 3rd.
With:
Cm/E♭
G appears.
Now E♭ acquires a major 3rd.
Suddenly the sonority becomes more functionally specific.
Again:
the 3rd is a switch.