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80.16Level 7 — C9sus
Bass:
C.
RH:
B♭-D-F-G.
Functions:
♭7
9
11
Still no E.
Now we have:
dominant-like ♭7
but no dominant 3rd.
So the chord has strong energy without conventional dominant identity being completely fixed.