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71.103The larger lesson

We started this course thinking of piano vertically:

melody + chords.

We increasingly think horizontally:

melody line bass line guide-tone line countermelody rhythmic layer

The vertical chords are what happens when these lines meet.

That is a much deeper model of harmony.