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67.61Level 30 — one-note bass reharm
Take a melody normally harmonized with several chords.
Play only:
C pedal.
Can the entire phrase work?
Some notes become:
extensions
suspensions
tensions.
This is a radical simplification test.
Sometimes it sounds fantastic.
Sometimes the melody demands actual harmonic motion.
Your ear decides.