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35.36Level 14 — local major packet

If you see:

Cm7 → F7 → B♭maj7,

think:

B♭ major.

Do not simultaneously calculate:

Cm7 = something in the global key

F7 = something else

B♭ = global/temporary.

First hear the local sentence.

Then place it inside the larger form.