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5045 / 18210 · Workshop 33 — “Dolphin Dance”: Ambiguous Tonal Centers, Lydian Colors, Slash Chords, and Harmony That Changes Its Meaning While You Listen← prev⊞ allnext →

33.45Add the guide tones carefully

G dominant needs:

B and F

to define traditional dominant function.

If melody/voicing adds:

A♭ and E♭,

you get altered tension.

But if you omit B:

the chord remains more ambiguous/sus-like.

Again, the 3rd controls function.