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32.40Level 13 — cluster carefully
Now deliberately create a middle/high cluster:
D♭-E♭-F
over low E♭.
Very close.
Because it is high enough and bass is separated, it can sound beautiful.
Clusters are not inherently ugly.
Register determines much of their effect.