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84.74Level 45 — modulation by chromatic sequence

Take a progression cell:

Cmaj7→A7.

Move it:

D♭maj7→B♭7.

Then:

Dmaj7→B7.

Each repetition rises semitone.

The sequence itself creates large-scale lift.