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68.63Level 33 — walking into two chords per bar

Now:

Dm7 for beats 1–2.

G7 for beats 3–4.

Bass line must make harmonic shift audible.

Maybe:

D-F-G-B.

Now bass rhythm unchanged:

quarters.

Harmonic rhythm doubled.

Hear the difference.