46.95Apply it to “Happy Birthday”

This one can finally combine much of the entire course.

Intro

Put the tonal center in minor.

Use a Phrygian ♭2 pedal.

Melody only hinted at.

Phrase 1

groove begins; melody becomes bright/major.

Phrase 2

add a ii–V packet toward a temporary destination.

Phrase 3

climax: sequence the melody fragment through two or three centers.

Phrase 4

return toward tonic through one clear dominant.

Ending

either bright 6/9—

or return to the original dark pedal.

Now the children's melody has become a genuine multi-section arrangement, not merely a reharmonization.