Over the C major bar, they use what is called a ‘tritone substitution’ in the melody. This involves taking the guide tones of the dominant seven (in this case G7, so B and F) and moving them up three tones (they become F and B/Cb respectively) which makes the new chord a Db7 (Db, F, Ab, Cb). This movement is aurally smooth because it maintains
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