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78.2Now add color badly
Try:
Dm11: D-F-A-C-E-G.
G13♭9: G-B-D-F-A♭-E.
Cmaj13♯11: C-E-G-B-D-F♯-A.
Technically rich.
Pianistically:
too much.
The problem is not the theory.
It is the lack of hierarchy.