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66.59Level 32 — guide tones with triad pairs

G7alt:

A♭m + B♭m pair.

Again:

target B/F.

The triad pair supplies color.

Guide tones supply harmonic clarity.

This is exactly the rule from Workshop 63:

guide tones tell you what the chord is doing; upper structures tell you what color it has.