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58.98The bigger course milestone

You now have two pieces that can serve as permanent laboratories.

Whenever we learn a new concept later—

say:

  • quartal voicing
  • metric modulation
  • upper structures
  • reharmonization
  • ostinato
  • altered dominants

—you can ask:

What happens if I apply this to “Mack”?

and:

What happens if I apply this to “Bare Necessities”?

That converts theory into repertoire.