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35.19Level 6 — tension zones and arrival zones

This is one of the most useful simplifications for “Stella”-type harmony.

Instead of:

Chord A Chord B Chord C Chord D...

mark:

TENSION

then:

ARRIVAL

then:

TENSION

then:

ARRIVAL

You do not need to understand every connective chord equally deeply in real time.