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35.27Level 10 — deceptive dominant

Play:

G7 → C

normal.

Then:

G7 → Am

deceptive-ish.

Then:

G7 → A♭maj7

more chromatic.

Listen to how the tension is:

  • satisfied
  • partly redirected
  • dramatically redirected.

This trains expectation rather than memorized labels.