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88.76Level 42 — prepare a chord by melodic memory

Early:

Fm with melody A♭.

Later:

melody A♭ appears over neutral C pedal.

The listener may anticipate:

Fm.

Then either:

give it

or deny it.

Now memory becomes expectation.