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76.14Level 7 — four-bar phrase with only five notes

Use:

| Dm7 | G7 | Cmaj7 | A7 |

Five total notes.

Requirements:

  • begin after beat 1
  • cross at least two bar lines
  • final note anticipates Dm next

This trains large-scale hearing.