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78.24Level 10 — common-tone altered resolution
G7alt → Cm9.
Top:
E♭ → E♭.
Middle:
B♭ → B♭.
Guide:
B → C or perhaps B→C in inner voice.
Suddenly the “altered” notes were preparing tonic color.
This is one reason altered dominant into minor sounds so natural.