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95.61Pass 14 — special harmonic events

Now look for:

  • secondary dominant
  • borrowed iv
  • diminished connector
  • tritone sub
  • backdoor
  • augmented
  • whole-tone
  • modulation

These are highlights.

Do not hunt for them in every bar.