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56.1Start with a generic major-key song
Let’s use C major as our laboratory.
Basic tonic:
C.
Dominant:
G7.
IV:
F.
vi:
Am.
ii:
Dm.
Nothing exotic.
That is deliberate.
The arrangement will do the work.