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96.160The deeper theory lesson

Advanced harmony does not mainly give you more chords to use.

It gives you more ways to interpret what you hear.

A melody note that once looked:

“wrong”

may now be:

9

13

sus

♯11

blue note

chromatic approach.

This makes you less likely to overreact harmonically.