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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.