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33.60Example conceptual reduction

Instead of:

E♭13sus

think:

D♭ major / E♭.

Instead of some C-minor extension:

think:

E♭ major / C.

Instead of A♭maj9(no3):

think:

E♭ major / A♭.

This is practical compression.