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7867 / 18210 · Workshop 62 — Harmonic Side-Slipping: Chromatic Planing, Approach Chords, Outside Playing, Semitone Detours, and Returning Home Without Sounding Random← prev⊞ allnext →

62.36More distance = more risk

Half-step: strong chromatic tension.

Whole step: clear parallel displacement.

Minor third: can sound like sequence or another harmonic region.

Tritone: very strong abstraction.

Start with semitone.