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39.12Level 3 — blue 3rd as movement, not static contradiction
Do not necessarily block:
A♭ and A together.
Instead:
A♭ → A
or:
A → A♭ → F
as melodic motion.
This makes the major/minor ambiguity expressive rather than muddy.