is there a higher level than chord sequence?

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So, to clarify:
In music there are notes. Multiple notes combined form a chord which serves in conveying certain emotions (like sadness for minor chords). Multiple chords form a sequence that conveys a sense of movement.
I am aware that most songs repeat their chord sequences (like four chord songs).
My question is: Is there a stylistic tool that utilizes sequences of chord progressions, or is there no ‘higher level’ and it’s merely considered a long string of chords?

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There’s „form“, which in popular music is what determines whether you have a verse-chorus-verse-chorus structure or something like verse-verse-Bridge-chorus-verse-chorus, or 12 bar blues vs 16 bar blues.

In classical music there are things like concerto form, symphonic form and ternary form.

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