It's easy to overlook how notes relate to each other when they are not
adjacent but it's key to good songwriting. Here's how Maroon 5 maintain
tension throughout the verse in "Girls Like You" by ending each phrase
on ^2 and only resolving to ^1 at the end. Schenker would be proud.
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