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122.73Level 27 — 70/20/10 rule
For one piece:
70% primary language.
20% secondary influence.
10% surprise.
Example:
70% modal/open.
20% gospel cadence language.
10% altered dominant.
This is not mathematical law.
It is:
useful thinking.