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77.59Level 34 — functional regions

Instead of chord-by-chord labels, divide progression into:

Tonic region

I, vi, iii-type possibilities.

Predominant region

ii, IV, borrowed iv, etc.

Dominant region

V, substitutions, altered approaches.

This simplifies large sections.