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77.108What not to do

Do not look at:

Dm7♭5

and panic:

Locrian natural 2? melodic minor mode 6?

Those concepts are useful.

But if the next chord is:

G7alt→Cm,

a more powerful thought may simply be:

minor ii–V going home to C minor.

Then use the detailed vocabulary only as needed.