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78.54Level 32 — moving one voice through static voicing

Cmaj9.

Hold:

C bass

E

B

D.

Move one inner voice:

A → A♭ → G → F♯ → G.

Now tonic color evolves.

The harmony can remain one broad field.

This is excellent ballad vocabulary.