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70.21Now — and only now — ask for chord names
Look at the vertical combinations.
What chord symbols summarize them?
Perhaps:
Dm9
G13
C6/9.
Great.
But notice:
the music existed before the symbols.
The symbols are shorthand for relationships you already designed.