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61.22Build it without memorizing scale names
For D♭7:
core guide tones:
F and C♭.
Add:
G = ♯11.
Add:
B♭ = 13.
Now you already have the important color.
You do not need to think:
“Which parent melodic minor is this?”
during performance.