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82.67Level 34 — common-tone melody across major-third roots

Try high:

G♯/A♭ perhaps.

Over:

C major: A♭ is borrowed tension, so maybe choose better shared/common near-tones per pair.

Instead of forcing one literal common tone across all three, design nearest-note line.

Example top line:

G → G♯ → A♭? enharmonic repetition is same pitch, so think voice-leading carefully.

A more useful method:

choose top notes by semitone:

G → G♯ → A♭ is same pitch enharmonically, so not movement.

Try:

G → G♯ → A → etc.

The goal is to make global root leaps coexist with tiny upper motion.