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66.39Level 18 — borrowed iv

F → Fm → C.

Guide-tone-like inner line:

A→A♭→G.

We have used this constantly.

Now understand it as:

quality-defining 3rd of IV

→ minor 3rd

→ 5th of tonic.

One melodic line drives the harmony.