BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
10649 / 18210 · Workshop 88 — Harmonic Memory: How Earlier Chords Change the Meaning of Later Chords, How Repetition Rewrites Function, and How to Make a Listener Hear Long-Range Relationships← prev⊞ allnext →

88.13Level 5 — foreign note becomes familiar

In C major:

play D♭ briefly as a chromatic approach.

Later:

use D♭7.

Later still:

modulate to D♭ major.

The first D♭ was foreign.

The second was functional color.

The third is tonic.

Same pitch class.

Its narrative status changes.