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68.11Simplify voicings as harmony speeds up

Slow harmony can support:

Cmaj9(13)

Am11

Dm9

G13♭9.

Fast harmony often needs:

E-B

C-G

F-C

B-F.

Guide-tone shells.

The faster the changes:

the less vertical information each event needs.