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113.1The “interesting chord” trap
You find:
Cmaj9
A♭maj7♯11
E7alt
Fm9
D♭13
and think:
“These all sound good.”
True.
But:
do they belong together?
A progression is not:
a list of good chords.
It is:
a network of relationships.