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98.14Level 7 — harmonic landmarks

Instead of memorizing every chord, memorize:

  • tonic arrival
  • borrowed iv moment
  • dominant prolongation
  • tritone approach
  • modulation dominant
  • backdoor ending

These are harmonic landmarks.