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69.97Apply it to “The Bare Necessities”

Use blocks differently.

Because its personality is playful:

single melody

→ short two-note answer

→ octave exaggeration

→ sudden block hit

→ back to single note.

Do not make the entire tune a continuous thick chord melody.

The humor comes from changing texture unexpectedly.