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64.74Level 30 — pentatonic blues ambiguity

Over C7:

C minor pentatonic is classic:

C E♭ F G B♭.

But harmony contains:

E natural.

So we get:

E♭ versus E.

The familiar blues ♭3/3 ambiguity.

Pentatonic thinking naturally captures this.