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83.19Level 7 — two inner lines

Take:

Top/melody: G held.

Inner 1: E → E♭ → D.

Inner 2: B → B♭ → A.

Bass: C → C → F perhaps.

Now you have:

parallel chromatic descents.

Find sonorities around them.

The harmony may become much richer than if you started from chord symbols.