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80.68Level 42 — pivot ambiguity

Am chord.

In C:

vi.

In G:

ii.

Before D7 appears:

both interpretations are plausible.

Then:

D7→G.

The chord is retrospectively heard as ii of G.

This is genuine harmonic ambiguity in tonal modulation.