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121.20Level 4 — reduce it
Suppose spontaneous figure was:
left hand: C-G-C-E♭-G.
Right hand: G-A♭-C-B♭-G.
Strip it.
Perhaps underlying DNA is:
bass pedal C
plus melodic:
G-A♭-C-G.
Now you have:
seed.