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57.40Version 8 — Funk “Mack”
Now the absurdity becomes enjoyable.
Put the tune over a C7/C-minor-blues-ish funk groove.
LH creates:
short bass ostinato.
RH accompaniment:
dry syncopated chord fragments.
Melody sits above.