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84.21Level 9 — common-tone diminished modulation

This is more advanced.

Take a note shared between:

old harmony

a diminished connector

new harmony.

Use diminished symmetry to reinterpret the chord.

This creates a bridge where one pitch stays while the other voices move chromatically.