According to the style guide, applied chords should be preferred if they resolve to the target chord. However, I’ve had the bII/vi chords edited out of some of my transcriptions in favor of the borrowed spelling bVII. I understand that bII/ is intended for tritone substitutions of V/ secondary dominant chords, so should I use more discretion to only use it when the corresponding V/ chord would be expected?
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