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52.61This is especially relevant to “Mack the Knife”

When we eventually reach that arranging lab, repeated choruses can increase intensity by:

  • register
  • key
  • orchestration
  • bass activity
  • block chords
  • shout figures

rather than by endlessly changing the tune itself.

Keep that concept in the back of your mind.